Get to know Minicab better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like cab or hack.
Minicab meaning
- A small car used as a taxi (rather than a traditional black cab).
- Synonym of gypsy cab, an unlicensed taxi.
Using Minicab
- The main meaning on this page is: A small car used as a taxi (rather than a traditional black cab). | Synonym of gypsy cab, an unlicensed taxi.
- Useful related words include: cab, hack, taxi, taxicab.
- In the example corpus, minicab often appears in combinations such as: minicab driver.
Context around Minicab
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Minicab
- In this selection, "minicab" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, new, driver, company and service stand out and add context to how "minicab" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a local minicab service or and his new minicab business cards. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "minicab" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with minicab
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The trail went cold for seven more years until 2019, when former minicab driver Apelgren came to the attention of police for attacking his third wife. (26 words)
Scotland Yard have appealed for witnesses, saying that the minicab driver was "seriously assaulted" in the confrontation which was possibly motivated by anger at inconsiderate driving. (26 words)
Back in the day, booking a taxi required calling a local minicab service or fetching a cab on the street, which was especially problematic in remote locations or in times of bad weather. (33 words)
While he pretended to be a jet-setting wealthy individual, in reality he earned around £300 a week at sixth-tier club Farnborough, where he had worked part-time in the office of a minicab company. (36 words)
Keanu is on a high at the start of the week as he shows off his new minicab business cards and as he and Sharon celebrate with some passion, they have a near miss. (34 words)
Back in the day, booking a taxi required calling a local minicab service or fetching a cab on the street, which was especially problematic in remote locations or in times of bad weather. (33 words)
Example sentences (5)
The trail went cold for seven more years until 2019, when former minicab driver Apelgren came to the attention of police for attacking his third wife.
While he pretended to be a jet-setting wealthy individual, in reality he earned around £300 a week at sixth-tier club Farnborough, where he had worked part-time in the office of a minicab company.
Back in the day, booking a taxi required calling a local minicab service or fetching a cab on the street, which was especially problematic in remote locations or in times of bad weather.
Keanu is on a high at the start of the week as he shows off his new minicab business cards and as he and Sharon celebrate with some passion, they have a near miss.
Scotland Yard have appealed for witnesses, saying that the minicab driver was "seriously assaulted" in the confrontation which was possibly motivated by anger at inconsiderate driving.
Common combinations with minicab
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: