Taxicab

//ˈtæksikæb// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

    "So now, stimulated by some further experience with that world which does not care a tinker's damn whether a verb agrees with its subject in number and person or not, she permitted the taxicab to jounce her smile out of all semblance to anything calmly superior and into a very unschoolmarmish grin."

  2. 2
    a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To travel by taxicab. intransitive

Example

More examples

"Excuse me, where is the taxicab stand?"

Etymology

Shortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab.

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.