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/tˈæksi/ Listen

noun

taxi n.

Same as taxicab.

Any vehicle that carries passengers for a fare, as a water taxi.

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Etymology of 'Taxi'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Taxi" Quotes from Famous Books

... already?" Lucile exclaimed, regretfully, as the taxi stopped abruptly before the great white pile of the Hotel McAlpin. "The ride has ...

— Lucile Triumphant • Elizabeth M. Duffield

... up from town with her the other day in a taxi. She seems pleased with the new arrangement. She is to assist both Miss Reid and the new instructor. You know she is an athletic wonder for a woman. She does very difficult acrobatic work and understands teaching balance. That ...

— Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore • Pauline Lester

... and saw that the chancel was full of lights and white-robed priests. It was broad daylight. Horrified he looked at his watch, to find that it was ten minutes after ten. His joints creaked as he pulled himself to his feet and his eyes were half closed as he staggered down the steps and hailed a taxi. ...

— Tutt and Mr. Tutt • Arthur Train

... in Curzon Street awoke, the following morning, to a state of intense activity. Taxi-cabs and motor-cars were lined along the street; a stream of callers came and went. That part of the establishment of which little was seen by the casual caller, the rooms where half a dozen secretaries conducted an immense correspondence, presided over by Li Wen, was working overtime at ...

— The Great Prince Shan • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... face, if seen, would prove a disappointment. Thus musing, he drew near to the top of the Haymarket, where it ceases to be a street and becomes a whirlpool of rushing traffic. And here the girl, having paused and looked over her shoulder, stepped off the sidewalk. As she did so a taxi-cab rounded the corner quickly from the direction of ...

— Piccadilly Jim • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

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