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taxi

Definition

  • noun: a car that carries passengers to a place for an amount of money that is based on the distance traveled
  • noun: a similarly operated boat or aircraft
  • verb: to move on wheels along the ground
  • verb: to go at low speed along the surface of the ground or water
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: taxicab

Examples

  • She went outside and 'hailed a taxi'. [=waved or called for a taxi to pull over and stop]

  • The pilot 'taxied' the plane out to the runway.

  • We caught/took/got a 'taxi' to the restaurant.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Couldn't have peed before you went under? - Sorry. Bit too much free champagne before takeoff? Ha, ha, bloody ha. We know he's gonna be looking for a taxi in this weather. - Asshole! Hey, man, why don't you try...? - Walk away. [MAN SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ON RADIO] Just have him ca... I gotta go. All right. Taxi. Thank you. All right, Third and Market. Snappy. - What are you doing? - Sorry, I thought it was free. - It's not. - Maybe we could share. (..)
    2010 Inception