Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys, particularly one using a taximeter to automate fare calculation.

More definitions
  • a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I got out of the taxicab.

  2. Tom got out of the taxicab.

  3. Call a taxicab to take us.

    deRufe ein Taxi, das uns fährt. — Esperantostern

  4. Excuse me, where is the taxicab stand?

Origin

Shortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab.

Shortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab.

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Forms

plural: taxicabs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money:cabhacktaxi

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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