Definition of taxicabnext
as in taxi
an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled took a taxicab to the airport

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Recent Examples of taxicab At the time, estimates suggested that about 85% of tip income went unreported by workers in food and beverage, beauty and barber services, gambling, and taxicab businesses. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 Local taxicab operators are also just a phone call away. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 21 Aug. 2025 As Chicagoans and tourists spilled out of Navy Pier on Wednesday night, a crowd of taxicabs waited for the post-shows and post-fireworks crowd. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025 Grocery stores, schools, a movie theater, a bowling alley, churches, dry cleaners, employment services, taxicab companies, banks, restaurants, law firms, photography studios. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for taxicab
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Noun
  • To request a taxi, call or send a WhatsApp message to +39 333 164 5000.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026
  • This was also the first full quarter that accounted for business from Freenow, the European taxi app Lyft acquired last year.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Oceanside fire crews rescued the driver of a semi-truck that crashed on Interstate 5 near Harbor Drive early Wednesday, leaving the cab dangling 70 feet above the San Luis Rey River in Oceanside.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • My husband's father was a cab driver.
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026

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“Taxicab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxicab. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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