taxied; taxiing; taxis or taxies
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
Synonyms
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
Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
In one of the first scenes of her new TV show, Carrie Preston stands on a Manhattan curb as a taxi drives through a puddle and splashes her with a not-small amount of dirty street water.
—Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
That Communist-era drama concerned a female taxi driver who’s similarly tooling around Bucharest, her misery equal to that of Manolache’s contemporary Angela, even though Jude’s protagonist seemingly lives in a freer society than the one once ruled by Nicolae Ceaușescu.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
My taxi ride there from Central Jakarta took 45 minutes.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
Federal prosecutors in 2018 charged Cohen with campaign finance violations related to the hush-money payments, with evading taxes related to his investments in the taxi industry and with lying to Congress.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2024
As in other Italian cities, taxis in Milan cannot be hailed on the street.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
Waymo, a fleet of autonomous taxis that is already operating in San Francisco and Phoenix, has begun carrying passengers across a small swath of Los Angeles County.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The bitter feuds between Uber drivers and conventional taxi operators have subsided in recent years, as the company has steadily gained regulatory approval to operate in countries around the world.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Mateo Rosiles, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
The two Delta planes clipped wings while taxiing on the airstrip late that morning.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
The plane was taxied to a remote area of O'Hare, where it was surrounded by first responders and law enforcement.
—Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
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
Noun
Another robotaxi competitor, General Motors’ Cruise, has put its entire service on pause after a driverless taxi struck and injured a pedestrian, which led to a clash with California regulators.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
In one of the first scenes of her new TV show, Carrie Preston stands on a Manhattan curb as a taxi drives through a puddle and splashes her with a not-small amount of dirty street water.
—Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
That Communist-era drama concerned a female taxi driver who’s similarly tooling around Bucharest, her misery equal to that of Manolache’s contemporary Angela, even though Jude’s protagonist seemingly lives in a freer society than the one once ruled by Nicolae Ceaușescu.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
My taxi ride there from Central Jakarta took 45 minutes.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
Federal prosecutors in 2018 charged Cohen with campaign finance violations related to the hush-money payments, with evading taxes related to his investments in the taxi industry and with lying to Congress.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2024
As in other Italian cities, taxis in Milan cannot be hailed on the street.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
Waymo, a fleet of autonomous taxis that is already operating in San Francisco and Phoenix, has begun carrying passengers across a small swath of Los Angeles County.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The bitter feuds between Uber drivers and conventional taxi operators have subsided in recent years, as the company has steadily gained regulatory approval to operate in countries around the world.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Verb
The flight crew reported a possible engine fire shortly after the plane taxied from the gate.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
The two Delta planes clipped wings while taxiing on the airstrip late that morning.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
The plane was taxied to a remote area of O'Hare, where it was surrounded by first responders and law enforcement.
—Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
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
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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
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“Taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxi. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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