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Gabbed vs Cabbed - What's the difference?

gabbed | cabbed |

As verbs the difference between gabbed and cabbed

is that gabbed is (gab) while cabbed is (cab).

gabbed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (gab)

  • gab

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • idle chatter
  • The mouth or gob.
  • One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * gabby * gift of the gab

    Verb

    (gabb)
  • (obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
  • To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
  • (obsolete) To speak or tell falsely.
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    cabbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cab)

  • cab

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A taxi; a taxicab.
  • Compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver
  • Shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower
  • Any of several four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty)
  • Captain went out in the cab' all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the ' cab . Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two it all fitted well. There was no check-rein, no curb, nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was!
    Derived terms
    * cabbie * cabdriver * hackney cab * king cab * Hansom cab * sleeper cab * crew cab

    Verb

    (cabb)
  • To travel by taxicab.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * kab

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure, held by some to have been about 1.4 liters, by others about 2.4 liters.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.3:
  • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (video games, informal) An arcade cabinet; the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
  • References
    * [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups/search?q=%22arcade+cabs%22&btnG=Search&sitesearch=groups.google.com]

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