taxied; taxiing; taxis or taxies
1
a
of an aircraft
: to go at low speed along the surface of the ground or water
b
: to operate an aircraft on the ground under its own power
2
: to ride in a taxicab
taxied to the train station
Examples of taxi in a Sentence
Noun
We caught a taxi to the restaurant.
We went to the restaurant by taxi.
Verb
The plane taxied slowly to the runway.
The pilot taxied out to the runway.
The pilot taxied the plane out to the runway.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
The pay-offs for the England parents who doubled as their daughters’ taxi drivers, chefs, psychologists, nutritionists, coaches and kit launderers defy comprehension.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025
United States Air Force F-22 fighter jets taxi on the flight line during Exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, on July 17, 2025.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
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Noun
Over the next five years, taxi customers plummeted by 90 percent.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
The pay-offs for the England parents who doubled as their daughters’ taxi drivers, chefs, psychologists, nutritionists, coaches and kit launderers defy comprehension.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Verb
Due to her intoxicated state, she was escorted off of the Southwest Airlines flight before the plane taxied, Dallas police wrote in the warrant.
—Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025
United States Air Force F-22 fighter jets taxi on the flight line during Exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, on July 17, 2025.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
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“Taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxi. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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