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Noun: taxi (taxis,taxies)  tak-see
  1. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
    "They hailed a taxi to take them to the airport";
    - cab, hack [N. Amer], taxicab
Verb: taxi (taxied,taxying,taxies, also taxiing)  tak-see
  1. Ride in a taxicab
    "We taxied to the airport";
    - cab
     
  2. Travel slowly
    "The plane taxied down the runway"

Derived forms: taxied, taxies, taxis, taxying, taxiing

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, go, locomote, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, move, ride, travel, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Part of: fleet

Encyclopedia: Taxi, Mister