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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

  • (..) He knows a great deal about this council. And about the Priory. Two prostitutes identified Langdon and Neveu... ...getting into a taxi in the Bois de Boulogne. Because of your expertise? -I'm sorry? -About the Priory. Do you think that's why (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code
  • (..) And two tickets to Brussels paid for with Langdon's credit card. A decoy, I'm sure. All the same, send an officer to the station. Question all the taxi drivers. I'll put this on the wire. Interpol? We're not sure he's guilty. I know he's guilty. Beyond a doubt. Robert Langdon is guilty. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code