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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

  • (..) - Sascha, call a cab. - We'll get your coat. - Take your hands off! You're going home. You've had too much to drink. Hey, taxi! Who do you think you are, pushing me? What a fool I was to fall for you. - Go with her. Be sure she gets home. (..)
    1942 Casablanca