: 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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Placing tariffs on medicines is not like taxing handbags or hubcaps.
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Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Tie-down straps with hooks Perhaps the most basic method, tie-down straps with hooks secure by attaching the hooks on either side to the wheel well or hubcap before the straps are then tightened to ensure a snug fit.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Deanna opened her door to find an emergency-rescue vehicle outside, its hubcaps underwater.
—Barbara Kingsolver, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Responding officers received a report that a man in a gray or silver four-passenger car with no hubcaps had been asking children playing in the park to get in his car, Moncayo said.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Tie-down straps with hooks Perhaps the most basic method, tie-down straps with hooks secure by attaching the hooks on either side to the wheel well or hubcap before the straps are then tightened to ensure a snug fit.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Deanna opened her door to find an emergency-rescue vehicle outside, its hubcaps underwater.
—Barbara Kingsolver, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Responding officers received a report that a man in a gray or silver four-passenger car with no hubcaps had been asking children playing in the park to get in his car, Moncayo said.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Hubcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hubcap. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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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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