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
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.
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Liza Lentini, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2025
Tesla, Uber, and Lyft are showing their cards — and eyeing Texas as the new battleground for autonomous taxis.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2025
Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
The wing of the aircraft struck the tug vehicle as the plane was taxiing to the gate, police said.
—Bonny Chu, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
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Noun
After a brief stint as a NYC taxi driver, Pete enrolled in law school and later went on to represent himself in a lawsuit against his former label.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2025
Tesla, Uber, and Lyft are showing their cards — and eyeing Texas as the new battleground for autonomous taxis.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
But of those that happen, many are not catastrophic – including those involving turbulence or collisions between planes taxiing on the ground – leaving flight attendants in a position to utilize their training.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
The wing of the aircraft struck the tug vehicle as the plane was taxiing to the gate, police said.
—Bonny Chu, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxi. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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