taxi
Noun
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
- An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.
- The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
- Synonym of shared taxi.
Verb
Verb Forms: taxied, taxiing, taxying, taxis, taxies
- To travel in a taxicab; an aircraft moving on the ground.
- travel slowly
- "The plane taxied down the runway"
- ride in a taxicab
- To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
- To travel by taxicab.
Examples
- During taxi, the flaps and slats are extended and the second engine (if not already running) is started.
- Seat belts must be kept fastened during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, and landing.
- taxi down the runway
- The blank tile seemed to taxi across the board, ready to land anywhere.
Origin / Etymology
Shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (whence also English taxameter), coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”). More at tax, task.
The aviation sense originally derived for a slang term for training aircraft used for practicing ground operations, which were said to drive around the airfield like a taxicab, and subsequently applied to all aircraft ground movements.
Scrabble Score: 11
taxi: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtaxi: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
taxi: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary