taxi

A car with a driver that you pay to take you where you want to go.

• Let's take a taxi.
• We booked a taxi to the airport.
• Are there any taxis outside the station?

Similar words: cab, taxicab

Common phrases: take a taxi, taxi driver, book a taxi, hail a taxi

The movement of an aircraft along the ground using its own engines.

• Keep your seat belt fastened during taxi.
• The crew completed the checks before taxi.
• An engine problem interrupted the aircraft's taxi to the runway.

Similar words: taxiing

Common phrases: during taxi, taxi phase, taxi clearance

To move an aircraft along the ground using its own engines, or make it move this way.

• The plane began to taxi.
• We taxied slowly towards the gate.
• The pilot taxied the aircraft into position.

How to use it: taxi to something (The plane taxied to the runway.); taxi along something (The aircraft taxied along the taxiway.)

Common phrases: taxi to something, taxi along something, taxi an aircraft