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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

  • (..) Not one word. Smash a window with your hand and it gets hurt. Great. Could you not have told me earlier? - The taxis must be bulletproof. - We have to get the ticket. No way, Slater. Listen to me. It will not work. You cannot play chicken in real life. You will crash. Out of the car, amigo. (..)
    1993 Last Action Hero