TAXI (taxies, taxying)
Dictionary entry overview: What does taxi mean?
• TAXI (noun)
The noun TAXI has 1 sense:
1. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
Familiarity information: TAXI used as a noun is very rare.
• TAXI (verb)
The verb TAXI has 2 senses:
1. travel slowly
2. ride in a taxicab
Familiarity information: TAXI used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TAXI (noun)
Meaning:
A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
taxi; taxicab; cab; hack
Hypernyms ("taxi" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "taxi"):
gypsy cab (a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls)
minicab (a minicar used as a taxicab)
Holonyms ("taxi" is a member of...):
fleet (group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership)
• TAXI (verb)
Meaning:
Travel slowly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The plane taxied down the runway
Hypernyms (to "taxi" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
These cars won't taxi
Meaning:
Ride in a taxicab
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
cab; taxi
Hypernyms (to "taxi" is one way to...):
ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
They taxi down the river
