taxi

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtæksi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtæksi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tak′sē)

Inflections of 'taxi' (n):
taxis
npl
taxies
npl
Inflections of 'taxi' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
taxis
v 3rd person singular
taxies
v 3rd person singular
taxiing
v pres p
taxying
v pres p
taxied
v past
taxied
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
tax•i /ˈtæksi/USA pronunciation   n., pl. tax•is or tax•ies, v., tax•ied, tax•i•ing or tax•y•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Transporta taxicab:I'll call for a taxi to send you home.

v. 
  1. Transport to ride or travel in a taxicab:[no object]We taxied downtown.
  2. Aeronautics(of an airplane) to (cause to) move over the surface of the ground at slow speed, in preparation for takeoff: [no object]The plane was taxiing on the runway.[~ + object]The pilot taxied the plane to the center of the runway.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tax•i  (tak′sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. tax•is or tax•ies, v., tax•ied, tax•i•ing or tax•y•ing. 
n. 
  1. Transporta taxicab.

v.i. 
  1. Transportto ride or travel in a taxicab.
  2. Aeronautics(of an airplane) to move over the surface of the ground or water under its own power.

v.t. 
  1. Aeronauticsto cause (an airplane) to taxi.
  • short for taxicab 1905–10, American.

taxi-, 
  1. var. of taxo-: taxidermy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
taxi /ˈtæksɪ/ n ( pl taxis, taxies)
  1. Also called: cab, taxicab a car, usually fitted with a taximeter, that may be hired, along with its driver, to carry passengers to any specified destination
 vb (taxies, taxiing, taxying, taxied)
  1. to cause (an aircraft) to move along the ground under its own power, esp before takeoff and after landing, or (of an aircraft) to move along the ground in this way
  2. (intransitive) to travel in a taxi
Etymology: 20th Century: shortened from taximeter cab
'taxi' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alight - black taxi - blue - cab - fare - flag - flag fall - Foster - hack - hail - jeepney - jump - jump seat - minicab - overshoot - set down - taximeter - taxi rank - taxiway - tuk-tuk - whisk - air taxi - commandeer - commuter airplane - cyclo - get - hackman - hostess - maxi - medallion - público - radio car - radio taxi - rank - taxicab - taxi dancer - taxidermy - taximan - taxiplane - taxis - taxi squad - taxi strip - taxo- - Tijuana taxi - water taxi
Collocations: a [yellow, checkered, New York] taxi, UK: a [black, Hackney] taxi, grab a taxi (to), more...

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