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

  • (..) No point sitting at home when there's finally something fun going on! - Look at you, all happy. It's not decent. - Who cares about decent? The game, Mrs Hudson, is on! Taxi! - OK, you've got questions... - Yeah, where are we going? Crime scene. Next? - Who are you? What do you do? (..)
    2010 TvShow: Sherlock Title: A Study in Pink Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) He loved his family and his work, and that he should have taken his own life in this way is a mystery and a shock to all who knew him. Yes, yes! Taxi! - I'll be back in two minutes, mate. - What? - I'm just going home to get my umbrella. - You can share mine. Two minutes, all right? (..)
    2010 TvShow: Sherlock Title: A Study in Pink Season: 1 Episode 1