n. A hackney carriage with either two or four wheels, drawn by one horse; a cabriolet.n. The hooded or covered part of a locomotive, which protects the engineer and fireman from the weather.To pass over in a cab: as, to cab the distance: often used with an indefinite it: as, I'll cab it to Whitehall.n. Any sticky substance.n. A small number of persons secretly united in the performance of some undertaking.n. A Hebrew measure of capacity, for both dry and liquid matter.n. See capel.n. A translation (usually literal) of a classical or other work in a foreign language, surreptitiously used by school-boys and students in preparing their lessons or recitations; a crib.To appropriate dishonestly and on the sly; crib; purloin.