Word Study
taxi
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun taxi has 1 sense
- taxi(n = noun.artifact) cab, hack, taxicab - a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money; Array is a kind of auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar
has particulars: gypsy cab, minicab
is a member of fleet
Derived form verb taxi2
Verb taxi has 2 senses
- taxi(v = verb.motion) Array - travel slowly; "The plane taxied down the runway" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
- taxi(v = verb.motion) cab - ride in a taxicab; Array is one way to ride
Sample sentence:
These cars won't taxi
Derived form noun taxi1
Sample sentence:
They taxi down the river
CIDE DICTIONARY
taxi, n.
- same as taxicab. [PJC]
- any vehicle that carries passengers for a fare, as a water taxi. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
taxi, n. & v.
--n. (pl. taxis)
1 (in full taxi-cab) a motor car licensed to ply for hire and usu. fitted with a taximeter.
2 a boat etc. similarly used.
--v. (taxis, taxied, taxiing or taxying)
1 a intr. (of an aircraft or pilot) move along the ground under the machine's own power before take-off or after landing. b tr. cause (an aircraft) to taxi.
2 intr. & tr. go or convey in a taxi.
--n. (pl. taxis)
1 (in full taxi-cab) a motor car licensed to ply for hire and usu. fitted with a taximeter.
2 a boat etc. similarly used.
--v. (taxis, taxied, taxiing or taxying)
1 a intr. (of an aircraft or pilot) move along the ground under the machine's own power before take-off or after landing. b tr. cause (an aircraft) to taxi.
2 intr. & tr. go or convey in a taxi.
Idiom
taxi dancer a dancing partner available for hire. taxi-driver a driver of a taxi. taxi rank (US stand) a place where taxis wait to be hired.
Etymology
abbr. of taximeter cab
THESAURUS
taxi
autobus, become airborne, bicycle, bike, bus, cab, catch a train, chartered bus, chauffeur, clear, cycle, diligence, double-decker, drive, entrain, fly aloft, go by rail, hack, hackney, hired car, jitney, joyride, jump off, leave the ground, mail coach, make a train, motor, motor coach, motorbus, motorcycle, omnibus, pedal, post coach, ride, rotate, stage, stagecoach, take a joyride, take off, taxicab, wheel
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