taxi

Pluraltaxis, taxies

Formstaxis, taxiing, taxied

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A car you pay to ride in for a single trip, usually with a meter that shows the fare.

   Like a bus that carries just you and takes you wherever you ask.

   We took a taxi from the airport to our hotel.

   The taxi stopped outside the train station.

   Similarcab

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2. 2
   verbintransitive

   To travel to a place by riding in a taxi.

   We taxied across town to reach the theater.

   Let's taxi to the station instead of walking.

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3. 3
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To move an airplane slowly along the ground using its own engines.

   Like slowly driving a car out of a parking lot before you reach the open road.

   The pilot began to taxi the plane toward the runway.

   We waited as the jet taxied slowly to the gate.

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4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The slow movement of an airplane along the ground using its own engines.

   Like a plane driving slowly on the ground before it lifts into the air.

   The long taxi to the far runway took almost twenty minutes.

   A short taxi brought the plane from the gate to the holding point.

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5. 5
   noundialectalIranSouth Africacountable

   A car or van that several passengers share, each paying part of the fare for the trip.

   Like a bus that waits until it is full, but smaller and it follows your route.

   We squeezed into a taxi with four other passengers heading downtown.

   The taxi picks up riders along the road until every seat is full.

   Similarminibus, jitney

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