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Taxi   /tˈæksi/   Listen
Taxi

noun
(pl. taxis, taxies)
1.
A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.  Synonyms: cab, hack, taxicab.
verb
(past taxied; past part. taxied; pres. part. taxying or taxiing)
1.
Travel slowly.
2.
Ride in a taxicab.  Synonym: cab.



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"Taxi" Quotes from Famous Books



... for a taxi soon after, and they went back to the hotel. But, alone later on in her suite in the Ardmore she did not immediately go to bed. She put on a dressing gown and stood for a long time by her window, looking out. Instead of the city lights, however, ...
— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... it, Sylvia," he shouted. "Send on my luggage, will you? It's in the taxi still, I think, and I haven't paid ...
— Michael • E. F. Benson

... after all.... And you found her there?... No? Then where is she?... What? Where did you say? Bellevue!... I knew it, I knew it, something told me!... No, no, never mind my ravings! Go on, please, go on!... Yes, all right. Now then, listen please: You jump in a taxi and get here to my apartments as soon as you can. I'll be dressed and ready when you arrive to go over there with you.... What?... Oh, bother the doctor's instructions. It's only a sprain anyhow and I feel perfectly fit by now, ...
— Sundry Accounts • Irvin S. Cobb

... dressing in the bedroom, at times called out various injunctions, general or immediate. "Tell them to have a taxi at the door for seven sharp. Have you talked to that little girl in the black velvet?" Linda hadn't and made a mental note to avoid her more pointedly in the future. "Get out mother's carriage boots from the hall closet; no, the others—you know I don't wear the black with ...
— Linda Condon • Joseph Hergesheimer

... Outfitters" where he purchased ready-made clothing, a hat, shoes, underwear, linen and cravats, arraying himself with a sense of some satisfaction and packing in his suitcase what he couldn't wear, went forth, found a taxi and drove in state to a ...
— The Vagrant Duke • George Gibbs


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