gypsy cab

English

Noun

gypsy cab (plural gypsy cabs)

1. (colloquial, US, sometimes offensive) An unlicensed taxi, especially in the North East of the United States.

Usage notes

Because it derives from a racist stereotype of the Romani, and uses the problematic exonymic term Gypsy, this term may be offensive to the Romani. See usage note at gypsy.

Translations

unlicensed taxi

• Russian: нелицензио́нное такси́ n (nelicenziónnoje taksí); (unlicensed taxi driver) ча́стник (ru) m (částnik), бомби́ла (ru) m (bombíla), (informal)
• Swedish: svarttaxi (sv) c