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taxi

UK/ˈtaksɪj/ US/ˈtæksi/ common slang
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

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verb

1.

travel slowly

  • “The plane taxied down the runway”
2.

ride in a taxicab

Origin

Shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (whence also English taxameter), coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”). More at tax, task. The aviation sense originally derived from a slang term for training aircraft used for practicing ground operations, which were said to drive around the airfield like a taxicab, and subsequently applied to all aircraft ground movements.

Phrases

  • air taxi
  • baby taxi
  • battle taxi
  • bike taxi
  • burrito taxi
  • bush taxi
  • cockroach taxi
  • local taxi

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