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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Joann Muller, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The Mets signed Dotel for just $3,000 in March 1993, eight months before his father, Emilio, was murdered in a robbery while working his second job as a taxi driver.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2025
The collision occurred around 10:40 a.m. while the planes were taxiing, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
While Tesla and Zoox are planning but have yet to launch fully driverless taxi services, Waymo vehicles are already transporting paying customers in giant swaths of select cities with no one in the driver's seat.
—Joann Muller, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The Mets signed Dotel for just $3,000 in March 1993, eight months before his father, Emilio, was murdered in a robbery while working his second job as a taxi driver.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
The aircraft landed safely and taxied to gate C38, where the fire broke out.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2025
The collision occurred around 10:40 a.m. while the planes were taxiing, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxi. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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