an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled
couldn't hail a taxi so I had to run in the rain to make my appointment
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of taxi
Noun
But no taxis or buses are running and roads leading out of their mountain community are closed.—ABC News,
25 June 2026 Two people were hurt Tuesday evening when a taxi struck a pedestrian and then a house in West Philadelphia, police said.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Verb
There had just been a snowstorm and the plane wasn’t able to taxi all the way to the gate.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026 Security camera video released by the airport shows the Airbus A319 plane starting to slowly taxi away from the terminals as a line of vehicles approached.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for taxi
The first stage, from Paris to Lyon, is 467 kilometers long, and takes 17 hours and 45 minutes, riding both day and night.
—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
The specific irony of something like an Hermès HAC being categorized as hyperfeminine is that the bag was created in the late 19th century as a carryall for horse riding equipment, much like the rest of the brand’s offerings at the time.