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for taxi
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
taxi \tax"i\, n.
1. same as taxicab.
[PJC]
2. any vehicle that carries passengers for a fare, as a water
taxi.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
taxicab \tax"i*cab\, n.
an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired
to carry passengers; -- also called a taxi, and informally
called a cab or a hack. The driver of a taxicab is
referred to as a cab driver or cabbie, and sometimes as a
chauffeur or hackie.
Note: Taxicabs may be engaged by a prior appointment made,
e.g. by telephone, or they may cruise for passengers,
i.e. they may drive in city streets and stop to pick up
pasengers when they are signalled by a prospective
passenger. The act of signalling a taxicab (usually by
a wave of the arm) is often called
to hail a cab or
to flag down a cab.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
taxi
n 1: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers
where they want to go in exchange for money [syn: cab,
hack, taxi, taxicab]
v 1: travel slowly; "The plane taxied down the runway"
2: ride in a taxicab [syn: taxi, cab]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "taxi":
autobus, become airborne, bicycle, bike, bus, cab, catch a train,
chartered bus, chauffeur, clear, cycle, diligence, double-decker,
drive, entrain, fly aloft, go by rail, hack, hackney, hired car,
jitney, joyride, jump off, leave the ground, mail coach,
make a train, motor, motor coach, motorbus, motorcycle, omnibus,
pedal, post coach, ride, rotate, stage, stagecoach, take a joyride,
take off, taxicab, wheel
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