hubcap
noun
hub·cap ˈhəb-ˌkap 
: a removable usually metal cap over the end of an axle
especially : one used on the wheel of a motor vehicle
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The vehicle is missing the hubcap on its right front wheel, according to security camera images shared by police. 
Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022 Officials say the suspect was driving a black SUV, with a missing hubcap on the rear driver's side wheel. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2022 The vehicle was missing a right front hubcap at the time of the collision. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022 Kraft said that detectives used surveillance video to track the Honda, which was missing a hubcap, back to Larissa Harris. Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2021 Hill then drove away from the scene, hitting a curb so that a hubcap fell off a wheel, Villarreal said. Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2021 Police say the vehicle may be a Dodge minivan, and its front passenger side tire was missing a hubcap. Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020 Leased to a Park City, Utah, woman, 50, there was a spare tire on the front and damage to the hubcap on the other side. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020 The passenger side rear tire is either a spare or missing a hubcap. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020 See More
Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022 Officials say the suspect was driving a black SUV, with a missing hubcap on the rear driver's side wheel. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2022 The vehicle was missing a right front hubcap at the time of the collision. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022 Kraft said that detectives used surveillance video to track the Honda, which was missing a hubcap, back to Larissa Harris. Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2021 Hill then drove away from the scene, hitting a curb so that a hubcap fell off a wheel, Villarreal said. Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2021 Police say the vehicle may be a Dodge minivan, and its front passenger side tire was missing a hubcap. Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020 Leased to a Park City, Utah, woman, 50, there was a spare tire on the front and damage to the hubcap on the other side. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020 The passenger side rear tire is either a spare or missing a hubcap. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above