Taxi
['tæksɪ] or ['tæksi]
Definition
(verb.) travel slowly; 'The plane taxied down the runway'.
(verb.) ride in a taxicab.
Inputed by Abner--From WordNet
Examples
- I wish the taxi would come, though. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then I finally got a man who promised to send up a taxi at once. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Gudrun entered the taxi, with the deliberate cold movement of a woman who is well-dressed and contemptuous in her soul. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I hung up and called the garage near the station to send up a taxi. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The porter opened obsequiously for her, and, at her nod, hurried to the edge of the pavement and whistled for a taxi. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They crowded five of them into the taxi-cab. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The night-watchman opened the door for us and we sat outside on the stone slabs beside the stairs down to the driveway and waited for the taxi. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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