taxi
/'tæksi/
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Definition
Noun:
- A taxi is a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. The driver's job is to transport passengers for money.
Verb:
- To taxi means to ride in a taxi cab.
- To taxi also means to move slowly along the ground, as an aircraft does before takeoff or after landing.
Usage and Examples
Noun:
- I took a taxi from the airport to my hotel.
- You can hail a taxi on the street or call for one.
Verb (to ride in a taxi):
- We had to taxi across town because the subway was closed.
- She taxied to the meeting to save time.
Verb (aircraft movement):
- The plane taxied to the runway before takeoff.
- After landing, we taxied for several minutes before reaching the gate.
Advanced Usage
- "To taxi in/out": Used in aviation to specify the direction of ground movement towards or away from the terminal/runway.
- The aircraft is taxiing out to runway 27L.
- We will be taxiing in to gate B12 shortly.
Variants and Related Words
- Taxicab (n): A full, formal term for a taxi. Often used interchangeably.
- He drives a yellow taxicab in New York City.
- Cab (n): A common, shorter synonym for taxi.
- Let's get a cab.
- Taxiing (n/adj): The action or process of an aircraft moving on the ground.
- The taxiing time was longer than expected.
Synonyms
- For Noun: Cab, taxicab, hack (informal, especially in some US cities).
- For Verb (transport): To cab, to take a cab.
- For Verb (aircraft): To roll, to move on the ground.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Taxi around: To travel around an area by taxi.
- It's expensive to taxi around this city all day.
Related Idioms
- "Taxi!": The common exclamation used to hail a taxi on the street.
- He stepped to the curb, raised his arm, and shouted, "Taxi!"
Noun
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
Verb
- ride in a taxicab
- travel slowly
- The plane taxied down the runway