Definition

1. 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.

2. 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

1. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Verb

1. ride in a taxicab
2. travel slowly
   • The plane taxied down the runway