taxi
verb
- to operate an aircraft slowly over a surface
noun
- type of vehicle for hire with a driver
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtæksi/ / /ˈtakse/ / /ˈtaksɪ/
noun
Etymology: Shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (whence also English taxameter), coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”). More at tax, task. The aviation sense originally derived from a slang term for training aircraft used for practicing ground operations, which were said to drive around the airfield like a taxicab, and subsequently applied to all aircraft ground movements.
- A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
“I cabbed a package downtown in my father's taxi.”
“"Taxi," he called. And when one pulled up to the curb with screeching brakes he ordered, "The nearest restaurant."”
- An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.
“Capt. Dawes and Bellairs were out with the Deperdussin taxi, and also with the brevet machine, rolling.”
“... some similar untidy pile of what had been a school biplane is recorded to have acted the part of red rag to the bull of a "taxi" monoplane , which despite its driver's efforts insisted on charging and trampling on the battered fragments.”
- The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
“During taxi, the flaps and slats are extended and the second engine (if not already running) is started.”
“Seat belts must be kept fastened during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, and landing.”
- Synonym of shared taxi.
verb
Etymology: Shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (whence also English taxameter), coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”). More at tax, task. The aviation sense originally derived from a slang term for training aircraft used for practicing ground operations, which were said to drive around the airfield like a taxicab, and subsequently applied to all aircraft ground movements.
- To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
“taxi down the runway”
- To travel by taxicab.
“[H]e had taxied to the waterfront bent upon a business in which nostalgia had no part[.]”