Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense taxis, present participle taxiing, past tense, past participle taxied
1. countable noun [oft byNOUN]
A taxi is a car driven by a person whose job is to take people where they want to go in return for money.
The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club.
He set off by taxi.
2. verb
When an aircraft taxis along the ground, or when a pilot taxis a plane somewhere, it moves slowly along the ground.
She gave permission to the plane to taxi into position and hold for takeoff. [VERB preposition/adverb]
The pilot taxied the plane to the end of the runway. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
taxi in British English
(ˈtæksɪ)
nounWord forms: pluraltaxis or taxies
1. Also called: cab, taxicab
a car, usually fitted with a taximeter, that may be hired, along with its driver, to carry passengers to any specified destination
verbWord forms: taxies, taxiing, taxying or taxied
2.
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
3. (intransitive)
to travel in a taxi
Word origin
C20: shortened from taximeter cab
taxi in American English
(ˈtæksi)
US
nounWord forms: pluralˈtaxis
1.
taxicab
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈtaxied, ˈtaxiing or ˈtaxying
2.
to go in a taxicab
3.
to move slowly along the ground or on the water as before taking off or after landing
Uber is criticised for throwing regular taxi drivers out of work.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
From there, he takes a taxi to the wrong address.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
About 200 local councils require taxi drivers to sit an assessment.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Getting there from the town involves a taxi or the hotel 's courtesy bus up a very steep hill.
The Sun (2016)
I made it downstairs in time to get my taxi back to town with the others who live near me.
The Sun (2016)
A taxi driver was also shot.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I was going to get a taxi home but he said he'd drive me.
The Sun (2016)
I telephoned the wife and told her to call a taxi and get to Wembley.
The Sun (2016)
His father, a taxi driver, succumbed to pancreatic cancer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He had to run along the track, carrying his boots, before catching a taxi to the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
They arrested a local taxi driver and returned the laptop.
The Sun (2011)
What about bus and taxi drivers who want a pint before work?
The Sun (2012)
The collaboration opens up the possibility of a driverless taxi and car hire network.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We felt like a free hotel and taxi service with no recognition or thanks.
The Sun (2012)
Taxi drivers are stepping up a fight against mobile phone technology that is undercutting their business.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Ordinarily a taxi aircraft would be sent to pick her up.
Giles Whittell Spitfire Women of World War II (2007)
Why did the men not take a taxi to the restaurant?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Is it fair that we split the cost of the taxi three ways?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He loved going with his taxi friends to help.
The Sun (2014)
It is not uncommon for law students to end up as taxi drivers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The men were killed along with their taxi driver.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My husband had to return by taxi and we were left for two days without a car.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Some of them were taken to hospitals by passing cars and taxis.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He stayed less than an hour before catching a taxi to his hotel.
The Sun (2012)
Both the concierge and taxi driver expressed surprise at my choice of activity.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We covered our faces and the taxi driver fronted it out and drove us slowly right through the middle of the thing.
The Sun (2008)
Maybe he's worried about getting a dodgy taxi driver.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He was in the front of the taxi, she was in the back.
The Sun (2010)
At one point, our taxi moved over in a busy street to allow a bus to overtake.
The Sun (2012)
At least anyone in Mumbai wanting a taxi or service in a restaurant once more had a fighting chance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Its terminal will be extended, while extra space for planes to taxi and park will be added plus better transport links.
The Sun (2016)
A few others died because of pilot error: their own or that of a taxi pilot.
Giles Whittell Spitfire Women of World War II (2007)
Word lists with
taxi
terms used in aviation
In other languages
taxi
British English: taxi /ˈtæksɪ/ NOUN
A taxi is a car driven by a person whose job is to take people where they want to go in return for money.
The taxi stopped in front of the club.
American English: taxi
Arabic: تَاكْسِي
Brazilian Portuguese: táxi
Chinese: 出租车
Croatian: taksi
Czech: taxi
Danish: taxi
Dutch: taxi
European Spanish: taxi
Finnish: taksi
French: taxi
German: Taxi
Greek: ταξί
Italian: taxi
Japanese: タクシー
Korean: 택시
Norwegian: drosje
Polish: taksówka
European Portuguese: táxi
Romanian: taxi
Russian: такси
Latin American Spanish: taxi
Swedish: taxi
Thai: รถแท็กซี่
Turkish: taksi
Ukrainian: таксі
Vietnamese: taxi
British English: taxi VERB
When an aircraft taxis along the ground, or when a pilot taxis a plane somewhere, it moves slowly along the ground.
She gave permission to the plane to taxi into position and hold for takeoff.
American English: taxi
Brazilian Portuguese: taxiar
Chinese: 缓慢滑行飞机
European Spanish: rodar por la pista
French: rouler sur la piste
German: rollen
Italian: rollare
Japanese: 地上走行する
Korean: 비행기가 이동하다
European Portuguese: deslocar-se lentamente sobre o solo
Latin American Spanish: rodar por la pista
All related terms of 'taxi'
air taxi
a small or medium-sized commercial airplane that carries passengers , and often mail , to places not regularly served by scheduled airlines
taxi fare
the money a customer pays for a journey in a taxi
taxi rank
A taxi rank is a place where taxis wait for passengers , for example at an airport or outside a station .
black taxi
a minibus used to transport workers from the townships to the city centres
radio taxi
a taxi in which the driver is in touch with his or her base by radio
taxi dancer
a person who is paid to dance with people in a dance hall or hotel , payment being required for each individual dance during an evening
taxi driver
a person whose job is to drive a taxi
taxi squad
a group of players under contract to and practicing with a professional team who are not on the team's roster as playing members and therefore are ineligible to play in official games
taxi stand
A taxi stand is the same as a → taxi rank .
taxi strip
a marked path along which aircraft taxi to or from a runway , parking area, etc
taxi truck
a truck with a driver that can be hired
water taxi
a motorboat that transports passengers for a fare
taxi dancing
a system, as in a dance hall or hotel , whereby a person pays for a partner ( taxi dancer ) for a dance, payment being required for each individual dance during an evening
taxicab
A taxicab is the same as a → taxi .
cab rank
an area, often specially designated, where taxis wait to pick up passengers
peritrack
a marked path along which aircraft taxi to or from a runway , parking area, etc
taxiway
a marked path along which aircraft taxi to or from a runway , parking area, etc