water taxi

noun

: a boat functioning (as within a harbor) as a taxi

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Other stars, including Sydney Sweeney, Orlando Bloom, Tom Brady, Kim Kardashian, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kylie Jenner and others, boarded water taxis at various hotels in Venice ahead of the couple's extravagant welcome party. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025 Opulence has been on full display as some of the famous attendees arrived at the canal city by private planes, helicopters and yachts before they were whisked away on water taxis to ferry them to the festivities. Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 28 June 2025 On Thursday, guests were guided through the canals via water taxis to bring them to the Madonna dell'Orto cloister in the Cannaregio district. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025 On Thursday, a string of water taxis cut through the lagoon to bring Bezos, Sánchez and guests to the Madonna dell’Orto cloister as some onlookers cheered. Paolo Santalucia, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for water taxi

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water taxi was in 1921

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“Water taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20taxi. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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