taxied; taxiing; taxis or taxies
1
a
of an aircraft
: to go at low speed along the surface of the ground or water
b
: to operate an aircraft on the ground under its own power
2
: to ride in a taxicab
taxied to the train station
Synonyms
Examples of taxi in a Sentence
Noun
We caught a taxi to the restaurant.
We went to the restaurant by taxi.
Verb
The plane taxied slowly to the runway.
The pilot taxied out to the runway.
The pilot taxied the plane out to the runway.
Recent Examples on the Web
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Dylan takes a taxi and meets the ailing singer at his bedside.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Flight 1648 landed in Denver at 1:38 p.m. and taxied to the gate without incident, according to FlightAware and airline officials.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
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Noun
As a result, Tokyo has begun to loosen some of its foreign labor laws, expanding the number of job categories eligible for medium- and long-term visas, and even offering taxi driver license exams in multiple languages.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Dylan takes a taxi and meets the ailing singer at his bedside.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
No casualties were reported and the flight taxied back to the airport terminal.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Flight 1648 landed in Denver at 1:38 p.m. and taxied to the gate without incident, according to FlightAware and airline officials.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxi. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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