Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A taxicab.
- v. To be transported by taxi.
- v. To move slowly on the ground or on the surface of the water before takeoff or after landing: an airplane taxiing down the runway.
- v. To transport by or as if by taxi: taxied the children to dance class; taxi documents to a law office.
- v. To cause (an aircraft) to taxi.
Wiktionary
- n. A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
- n. South Africa A share taxi.
- v. To move an aircraft around an airport under its own power.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. same as taxicab.
- n. any vehicle that carries passengers for a fare, as a water
taxi .
WordNet 3.0
- v. ride in a taxicab
- n. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- v. travel slowly
Etymologies
- Shortened from taxicab, a portmanteau of taximeter and cabriolet. (Wiktionary)
- Short for taximeter or taxicab. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Also taking a taxi is an option is you are gettingback late but they tend to be more expensive.”
“Maybe the taxi is a good idea, even though I will probably get stopped.”
Has anyone crossed into Mexico in a taxi? Any customs problems?
“Know you need to use what they call taxi cab to get yourself to where you need to go.”
“To get to our Saturday lunchtime sessions, we have to rush back from judo and shove down a sandwich while I call a taxi and pray it will come at a reasonable time.”
“We rented a lovely holiday home about 10 mins by car or taxi from the centre of Aix, from vrbo. com.”
Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day
“The scene where the borrowed car has locked bumpers with the taxi is hilarious – the taxi driver, played by J.B. Smoove reminded me a lot of the Chris Tucker character in The Fifth Element.”
“Heyzanie's World thinks that driving a taxi is not an inferior job even for someone who has a PhD from Stanford”
Global Voices in English » Singapore: Taxi driver-blogger is a PhD graduate
“We would never try this in Ajijic as shopping by taxi is expensive and impractical at Lakeside.”
“Alternatively, you could take any bus to Nogales, Sonora, catch a taxi from the bus station to the border, walk across, and then catch one of the frequent shuttle vans running from Nogales, Arizona, to Phoenix.”
“I call a taxi and at the restaurant, she floats from the car, rushing ahead while I fumble in my purse for my taxi vouchers.”
The Huffington Post: Barbara Rose Brooker: I'll Stay Only A Few Days
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘taxi’.
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Air Travel
This list started with me looking up 'non revs' as a friend in the travel industry posted a cartoon about 'non rev' travel... and hey, non rev needed a list.
non-rev, terminal, arrival, takeoff, landing, taxi-ing, runway, IATA, plane, departure, airplane, jet and 106 more...
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®emovies
Movies or TV shows where the titles are also common words, generally one-word titles.
lost, alien, bug, elephant, siege, gladiator, flock, captivity, piano, roots, freaks, moonstruck and 269 more...
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TRAN - road transport
Vocabulary of road transport and roadworthiness
motor vehicle, limiter, brake drum, emission, vehicle, bodywork, chassis, vacuum pump, infrared radiation, disassemble, servo, exhaust and 216 more...
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Automobiles
ambulance, automobile, beach buggy, cab, car, cement mixer, cherry, coach, compact, convertible, coupe, deuce and 66 more...
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transportation
change, car, vehicle, cart, baggage, waiting room, ticket, bicycle, life jacket, railway, shared taxi, ferry and 27 more...
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easy
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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Life is just a four-letter word
Everyone's got their favorites. Here are some of mine.
snit, hobo, minx, kiln, loll, pelf, yegg, ugly, bumf, brio, biro, haha and 92 more...
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The braggadocio recipe
A selection of English* words ending with a vowel (except "y", "ea", ie", "ee", "oo", "ea", "ou") that is REALLY pronounced.
My favorite English words, by the way.
The good twin of The ...braggadocio, recipe, encyclopedia, solo, gnu, flu, maybe, apocope, mini, arrhythmia, folio, stereo and 197 more...
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beautiful words
quench, metropolitan, dollop, cucumber, aesthetic, superfluous, gastronomy, nymph, obsequious, serendipity, champagne, gossamer and 125 more...
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A Dalliance of Dahlias
For more flower fun, see these lists:
Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names I
Tulip Names II: You Know My Name
A Myriad of Iriia la mode, ace o' hearts, acclimation, adhesion, admirable, adorable you, advance, affirmed, after glow, agricola, alabama melody, alabaster queen and 1152 more...
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"X" Words
Scrabble List
axe, box, cox, dex, fax, fix, fox, gox, hex, kex, lax, lex and 77 more...
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Words that are also TV shows
Trace back the chain of "this idea was ripped off from" over here.
alias, lost, heroes, journeyman, blossom, monk, scrubs, reaper, hack, legend, recess, firefly and 62 more...
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favorites
magnanimous, aujourd'hui, lilac, sobriquet, lunch, soliloquy, rhinoceros, snafu, rather, snack, crinoline, millinery and 58 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for taxi.
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