taxi
verb/ˈtæksi/
/ˈtæksi/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they taxi | /ˈtæksi/ /ˈtæksi/ |
| he / she / it taxies | /ˈtæksiz/ /ˈtæksiz/ |
| past simple taxied | /ˈtæksid/ /ˈtæksid/ |
| past participle taxied | /ˈtæksid/ /ˈtæksid/ |
| -ing form taxiing | /ˈtæksiɪŋ/ /ˈtæksiɪŋ/ |
- (of a plane) to move slowly along the ground before taking off or after landingTopics Transport by airc2Word Originearly 20th cent.: abbreviation of taxi-cab or taximeter cab, from French taximètre, from taxe ‘tariff’, from the verb taxer ‘to tax’ + -mètre ‘(instrument) measuring’.
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