taxi

1 of 2

noun

plural taxis ˈtak-sēz How to pronounce taxi (audio) also taxies
: taxicab
also : a similarly operated boat or aircraft

taxi

2 of 2

verb

taxied; taxiing; taxis or taxies

intransitive verb

1
a
of an aircraft : to go at low speed along the surface of the ground or water
b
: to operate an aircraft on the ground under its own power
2
: to ride in a taxicab
taxied to the train station

transitive verb

1
: to transport by or as if by taxi
2
: to cause (an aircraft) to taxi

Examples of taxi in a Sentence

Noun We caught a taxi to the restaurant. We went to the restaurant by taxi. Verb The plane taxied slowly to the runway. The pilot taxied out to the runway. The pilot taxied the plane out to the runway.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
What does the future of driverless taxi service in Los Angeles look like? Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024 My dog knows how to navigate to escalators and elevators and out the airport to a taxi or Uber. Rachel Chang and Thomas Panek, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2024 Waymo, Alphabet’s robotaxi service, struck gold in the Golden State: California regulators will allow Waymo’s driverless taxis to operate in Los Angeles and grow its reach in the San Francisco Bay Area. Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2024 If taking a taxi alone, take a photo of the taxi number and/or license plate and text it to a friend. Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024 And so practice great hand hygiene, wear a mask when traveling, certainly ... on a plane or in a taxi or on a bus. Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2024 Border Patrol agents at the El Centro Sector checkpoint in Indio said a ride-share taxi driver with four passengers entered the inspection area – which is on Highway 86 near the Salton Sea – at around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2024 Instead, users are given an in-depth demonstration of a call between an English speaking woman and a Spanish taxi driver organising a pickup. Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Planes get pushed back from the gate, taxi to the runway and take off. Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
Verb
The rudder pedals began working again as the pilots taxied to the gate with 155 passengers and six crew members on the flight from Nassau, Bahamas, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. David Koenig, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024 The plane taxied at LAX for more than an hour before leaving the ground, according to Kahului information, as well as data from flight-tracking website FlightAware. Jay Blackman, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2024 One flew out of Tokyo and another out of Hong Kong, but both were scheduled to land right before midnight, leaving Gasquet to mark the new year while the plane was taxiing or deboarding. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024 That, just weeks after an American Airlines jet inadvertently taxied across a runway while a Delta plane was beginning its takeoff roll at JFK Airport in New York. Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024 Among the previously undisclosed safety lapses and near misses: And on Aug. 11, collision alarms went off in the Baltimore control tower when a Southwest flight taxied across a runway at the same time that an F.A.A. plane, which was conducting safety tests, flew low over the same runway. Sydney Ember, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023 No one was hurt after an American Airlines flight slid off a runway at New York's Greater Rochester International Airport after landing Thursday afternoon and attempting to taxi to the terminal. Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024 The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how a Boeing aircraft operated by Delta Air Lines lost the tire on its nose while taxiing for takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, the agency said Tuesday. Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024 The plane, a Bombardier CRJ-200 operated by Air Wisconsin Flight 6209, was taxiing ahead of takeoff when the collision took place about 7:20 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary statement. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1907, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1911, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of taxi was circa 1907

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Cite this Entry

“Taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxi. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

taxi

1 of 2 noun
plural taxis -sēz How to pronounce taxi (audio) also taxies
: taxicab
also : a similarly operated boat or airplane

taxi

2 of 2 verb
taxied; taxiing; taxis or taxies
1
: to operate an airplane slowly on the ground under its own power
2
: to ride in or transport by taxi

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