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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

  • (..) Okay. I'll call you later. Right. Okay, bye. Maria, the other night, last night I got a taxi for a young woman named Christine. What's the company that we use? United? What? United Taxi Company. United Taxi Company. Call United, find out who the driver was and where they took her. Ilsa! (..)
    1997 The Game