: a removable usually metal cap over the end of an axle
especially
: one used on the wheel of a motor vehicle
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Faux-chrome hubcaps and brick outlines resembling fenders decorate the building’s skin; those giant gargoyles on the corners are overscale replicas of radiator-cap hood ornaments.
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2026
Investigators had previously released details about a suspect vehicle — a white, four-door Toyota Prius missing its front right hubcap — and warned the person may have been armed during an earlier encounter.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026
If this model does have hubcaps remove them and take the car for a ride.
—John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
The effect is disorienting, akin to watching a tire and its hubcap rotate in seemingly opposite directions.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2026
Investigators had previously released details about a suspect vehicle — a white, four-door Toyota Prius missing its front right hubcap — and warned the person may have been armed during an earlier encounter.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026
If this model does have hubcaps remove them and take the car for a ride.
—John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
The effect is disorienting, akin to watching a tire and its hubcap rotate in seemingly opposite directions.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Hubcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hubcap. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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hubcap
noun
hub·cap
ˈhəb-ˌkap 
: a removable metal covering on the tire of a car or truck
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