taxicab
Syllables: tax·i·cabUK/ˈtæksikæb//ˈtæksiˌkæb/
taxicab noun: synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys, particularly one using a taximeter to automate fare calculation.
Noun
taxicab (plural taxicabs)
- 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.1921, Harvey Wickham, “Introducing the Garden of Eden”, in The Clue of the Primrose Petal, New York, N.Y.: Edward J. Clode, page 9
- After that, the CGV "denumbered" a total of sixty taxicabs, that is, it removed them from the register of stationing taxicabs. The end of the CGV experiment is controversial, but it is certain that the behavior of the drivers (who, as we saw, were not directly salaried by CGV) was an important...2013, Gijs Mom, The Electric Vehicle
- Synonyms:
- taxi
Verb
taxicab (third-person singular simple present taxicabs, present participle taxicabbing, simple past and past participle taxicabbed)
- To travel by taxicab.
taxicab meaning in Hindi and Tamil
taxicab in Hindi
- taxicab, taxi
- काली-पीली kālī-pīlī
taxicab in Tamil
- வாடகை மோட்டார்
Synonyms of taxicab
Forms of taxicab
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | taxicabs |
| alternative form | taxi cab |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | taxicabs |
| present participle | taxicabbing |
| past participle | taxicabbed |
| past | taxicabbed |
Origin of taxicab
Shortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab.
Words formed from taxicab
Phrases with taxicab
Questions about taxicab
- What does taxicab mean?
- Taxicab means synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys, particularly one using a taximeter to automate fare calculation.
- What is taxicab in Hindi?
- Taxicab in Hindi is काली-पीली (kālī-pīlī). See Taxicab meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is taxicab?
- Taxicab can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce taxicab?
- Taxicab is pronounced /ˈtæksikæb/ (UK).
- What is the plural of taxicab?
- The plural of taxicab is taxicabs.
Words near taxicab in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: taxicab (page history and authors); काली-पीली (Hindi) (page history and authors); taxicab (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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