taxi

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.

   “I cabbed a package downtown in my father's taxi.”

   “"Taxi," he called. And when one pulled up to the curb with screeching brakes he ordered, "The nearest restaurant."”

   “[Sobbing uncontrollably] I thought I could make it work between us because you looked a bit like a man. TAXI!”

2. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.

   “Capt. Dawes and Bellairs were out with the Deperdussin taxi, and also with the brevet machine, rolling.”

   “... some similar untidy pile of what had been a school biplane is recorded to have acted the part of red rag to the bull of a "taxi" monoplane , which despite its driver's efforts insisted on charging and trampling on the battered fragments.”

   “Mr. E. B. Bauman (new pupil) joined school and had first lesson on No. 2 taxi.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.

   “During taxi, the flaps and slats are extended and the second engine (if not already running) is started.”

   “Seat belts must be kept fastened during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, and landing.”

4. (Iran, South-Africa, countable, uncountable)Synonym of shared taxi.

verb

1. To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.

   “taxi down the runway”

2. To travel by taxicab.

   “[H]e had taxied to the waterfront bent upon a business in which nostalgia had no part[.]”