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taxi

1

[ tak-see ]

noun

plural taxis or taxies.


verb (used without object)

taxied, taxiing or taxying.
  1. to ride or travel in a taxicab.
  2. (of an airplane) to move over the surface of the ground or water under its own power.

verb (used with object)

taxied, taxiing or taxying.
  1. to cause (an airplane) to taxi.

taxi-

2
  1. variant of taxo-:

    taxidermy.

taxi

/ ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. Also calledcabtaxicab a car, usually fitted with a taximeter, that may be hired, along with its driver, to carry passengers to any specified destination
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to cause (an aircraft) to move along the ground under its own power, esp before takeoff and after landing, or (of an aircraft) to move along the ground in this way
  2. intr to travel in a taxi
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of taxi1

1905–10, Americanism; short for taxicab
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of taxi1

C20: shortened from taximeter cab
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Tesla was granted a permit in California allowing it to operate its own fleet of taxis driven by company employees, state officials said, the first in a step toward autonomous Tesla taxis.

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“Empty Ride,” which debuted at the Old Globe earlier this year, follows a daughter who returns to Japan to drive her father’s taxi cab — and its supernatural passengers.

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Zou persuaded her it wouldn't be safe to take a taxi home in the state she was in, she told us, and asked her to take a nap in his bedroom.

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"That £400 a month doesn't sound like much but it's a lifeline for me. It means when I do have to go out, I can pay for a taxi," she said.

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And she hired a taxi to take her oldest to school from wherever her family happened to be staying each night.

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