taxinoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtæk.si/us/ˈtæk.si/also taxicab, also cabA1 a car with a driver who you pay to take you somewhere:
I took a taxi from the station to the hotel.
a taxi driver
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- Shall we get a taxi to the station?
- Shall we hail a taxi?
- She jumped in a taxi and rushed to the station.
- The hotel porter opened the door for me and then called a taxi for me.
- Even if you take a taxi, you'll still miss your train.
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Cars
- 4×4
- all-wheel drive
- artic
- Beemer
- beetle
- buggy
- carpool
- compact
- gas guzzler
- hatchback
- jalopy
- Jeep
- Land Rover
- limousine
- minicab
- MPV
- Rolls-Royce
- saloon
- stock car
- wheel
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taxiverb [ I ]
uk/ˈtæk.si/us/ˈtæk.si/present participle taxiing, past tense and past participle taxied(of an aircraft) to move slowly on the ground
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Air travel: travelling by aircraft
- air rage
- blast off
- coach class
- crash-land
- cruise
- economy-class syndrome
- flown
- flying
- flypast
- fogbound
- ground
- holding pattern
- land
- landfall
- lift
- navigation
- pilot
- reclaim
- red-eye
- scramble
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