gyrocab
gyrocab noun: synonym of aircab, a flying taxi, particularly a helicab or autogyro taxi.
Noun
gyrocab (plural gyrocabs)
- Synonym of aircab, a flying taxi, particularly a helicab or autogyro taxi.
- They were not there waiting for her, after all. She came upon them getting out of a gyrocab just as she emerged from the tubes a on to street level. The gyrocabbie, wide-eyed, gazed after his fares for a moment, then hovered upward and away.1951, Isaac Asimov, “Hostess”, in Nightfall and Other Stories, Green City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., published 1969, page 76
- Synonyms:
- aircab
Synonyms of gyrocab
Forms of gyrocab
| plural | gyrocabs |
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Origin of gyrocab
From gyro- + cab under the influence of autogyro etc.
Words formed from gyrocab
- gyrocabbie
Questions about gyrocab
- What does gyrocab mean?
- Gyrocab means synonym of aircab, a flying taxi, particularly a helicab or autogyro taxi.
- What part of speech is gyrocab?
- Gyrocab is a noun.
- What is the plural of gyrocab?
- The plural of gyrocab is gyrocabs.
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