Taxicab
//ˈtæksikæb// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money wordnet
Verb
- 1 To travel by taxicab. intransitive
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Excuse me, where is the taxicab stand?"
Etymology
Shortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab.
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