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Image:Hong Kong Taxi.JPG|thumb|right|A taxicab in Hong Kong.

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtæk.siˌkæb/

Noun

a vehicle that passengers hire to take them between locations of their choice, the fare being calculated with a taximeter; a taxi or cab

Derived terms

taxicab geometry

Category:Vehicles

io:taxicab it:taxicab mn:taxicab zh:taxicab

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English taxicab \tax"i*cab\, n.
an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired
to carry passengers; -- also called a taxi, and informally
called a cab or a hack. The driver of a taxicab is
referred to as a cab driver or cabbie, and sometimes as a
chauffeur or hackie.

Note: Taxicabs may be engaged by a prior appointment made,
e.g. by telephone, or they may cruise for passengers,
i.e. they may drive in city streets and stop to pick up
pasengers when they are signalled by a prospective
passenger. The act of signalling a taxicab (usually by
a wave of the arm) is often called

to hail a cab or

to flag down a cab.
[PJC]

WordNet taxicab
n : a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers
where they want to go in exchange for money [syn: cab,
hack, taxi]