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tax⋅i

  [tak-see] noun, plural tax⋅is or tax⋅ies, verb, tax⋅ied, tax⋅i⋅ing or tax⋅y⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a taxicab.
–verb (used without object)
2. to ride or travel in a taxicab.
3. (of an airplane) to move over the surface of the ground or water under its own power.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause (an airplane) to taxi.
Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; short for taxicab
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tax·i   (tāk'sē)   
n.   pl. tax·is or tax·ies
A taxicab.
v.   tax·ied (tāk'sēd), tax·i·ing or tax·y·ing, tax·ies or tax·is (tāk'sēz)

v.   intr.
  1. To be transported by taxi.
  2. To move slowly on the ground or on the surface of the water before takeoff or after landing: an airplane taxiing down the runway.
v.   tr.
  1. To transport by or as if by taxi: taxied the children to dance class; taxi documents to a law office.
  2. To cause (an aircraft) to taxi.

[Short for taximeter or taxicab.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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