taxi

taxi
tax|i1 [ˈtæksi] n
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: taxicab]
a car and driver that you pay to take you somewhere
= ↑cab
take/get a taxi
▪ I took a taxi to the airport.
in a taxi
▪ They had to send me home in a taxi.
by taxi
▪ She arrived by taxi.
▪ a taxi driver
▪ It's only a 5 minute taxi ride away.
▪ Shall I call you a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come) ?
hail a taxi
(=wave or shout at a taxi to make it stop)
taxi 2
taxi2 past tense and past participle taxied present participle taxiing third person singular taxis or taxies
v [I]
if a plane taxis, it moves along the ground before taking off or after landing
▪ The plane taxied to a halt.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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