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taxying

taxying is the present participle and gerund of taxi.

taxying is the alternative form of taxiing.

Meaning of taxi

Verb

taxi (third-person singular simple present taxis or (rare) taxies, present participle taxiing or (rare) taxying, simple past and past participle taxied)

  1. To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
    • taxi down the runway
  2. To travel by taxicab.
    • [H]e had taxied to the waterfront bent upon a business in which nostalgia had no part[.]1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1

See all 6 meanings of taxi

Meaning of taxiing

Noun

taxiing (countable and uncountable, plural taxiings)

  1. The movement of aircraft on the ground in readiness for takeoff or after landing.

Forms of taxying

Verb
alternative formtaxiing
Noun
pluraltaxyings

Questions about taxying

What is taxying the present participle and gerund of?
Taxying is the present participle and gerund of taxi.

Words near taxying in the dictionary

  1. taxpays
  2. taxtime
  3. taxwise
  4. taxwoman
  5. taxwomen
  6. taxying
  7. taxyings
  8. tay
  9. Tay Tay
  10. Tay Valley
  11. Tay's Law

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taxying (page history and authors); taxi (page history and authors); taxiing (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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