Taxi

Noun

 * 1) A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.

Synonyms

 * cab
 * taxicab (from taximeter cabriolet)

Related terms

 * taxicab
 * taxi driver
 * taxiless
 * taxilike
 * taximeter
 * taxi pole
 * taxi stand

Verb

 * 1) To move an aircraft around an airport under its own power.

Related terms

 * taxiway

Verbs for Taxi
avail oneself of—; commandeer—; employ —; flag—; hail—; hire—; license—; man—; mobilize—s; pursue in—; recruit—s; resort to—; scramble for—; whistle for—; —careens; —conveys; —s file by; —meanders; —pick its way; —rolls away; —rumbles; —scuds; —s scurry; —skids; —swerves; — threads thru traffic; —transports; —traverses ; —whizzes.

Thesaurus
autobus, become airborne, bicycle, bike, bus, cab, catch a train, chartered bus, chauffeur, clear, cycle, diligence, double-decker, drive, entrain, fly aloft, go by rail, hack, hackney, hired car, jitney, joyride, jump off, leave the ground, mail coach, make a train, motor, motor coach, motorbus, motorcycle, omnibus, pedal, post coach, ride, rotate, stage, stagecoach, take a joyride, take off, taxicab, wheel

Etymology
Shortened from taxicab, a portmanteau of taximeter and cabriolet.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"t{k.si/}}

Noun

 * Afrikaans: huurmotor
 * Arabic: تاكسي
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:, ক্যাব
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 的士 (dīksí)
 * Mandarin:, , ,  , ,  ,
 * Wu: 差头
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, , hyrevogn
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: taxa
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: टैक्सी
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: tacsaí
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:


 * Khmer: ជិះឡានតាក់ស៊ី
 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian: /,
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: taximetru
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, taxímetro , libre
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (táeksêe)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: таксі
 * Urdu: ٹیکسی
 * Vietnamese:, xe tắc xi
 * Volapük: loatatood, taxid
 * Welsh:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: таксі
 * Urdu: ٹیکسی
 * Vietnamese:, xe tắc xi
 * Volapük: loatatood, taxid
 * Welsh:
 * Welsh:

Verb

 * Danish: taxie
 * Georgian: მიწაზე თვითმფრინავის სრიალი
 * German:
 * Hungarian: gurul


 * Icelandic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) taxi

Noun

 * 1) taxi
 * 2)  taxi driver
 * 3)  helicopter or plane used for transport
 * 4)  act of transporting troops

Anagrams

 * ixât

Noun

 * 1) taxi

Noun

 * 1) taxi (only cars)

Alternative forms

 * taksi

Synonyms

 * drosje (also horse wagons, etc)

Noun

 * 1) taxi

Etymology
Short form of taximetru

Noun

 * 1) taxi

Related terms

 * taxista

Noun

 * 1) a taxi

Related terms

 * taxameter