taxin.
/ˈtaksi/, U.S. /ˈtæksi/, South African English /ˈtæksi/ I. Senses relating to taxicabs.
1.
a. A motor car or (formerly) horse-drawn cab fitted with a taximeter and licensed to transport passengers to destinations of their choice in return for payment of a fare. Cf. cab n.2 1, taxicab n., and taximeter n.The fare paid depends on the length of the journey, usually determined by the taximeter. Taxis often operate as part of a fleet, with bookings controlled centrally; some taxis also pick up passengers who hail them on the street.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi
cab1882
taximeter cab1898
taximeter1899
taxi1907
taxicab1907
special hire1950
1907 Daily Chron. 26 Mar. 6/7 Every journalist..has his idea of what the vehicle should be called. It has been described as the (1) taxi, (2) motor-cab, (3) taxi-cab, (4) taximo,..(7) taximeter-cab.
1908 Daily News 30 Apr. 2 Many ladies..now take a ‘taxy’ regularly for the morning's shopping. There are about 350 horsed ‘taxies’ on the road.
1923 A. Bennett Riceyman Steps iv. v. 198 Even in the daytime taxies were few in King's Cross Road.
1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xii. 158 I went as far as my money would take me in a taxi and the rest of the way by bus.
2011 New Yorker 18 Apr. 72/2 A woman stuck out her hand to hail a taxi. It was cold and drizzly—hyper-competitive-cab-hailing conditions.
b. A boat or other vehicle used in the same way as a taxi (sense 1a). Often with modifying word indicating the mode of transport, as bicycle taxi, water taxi, etc.air taxi: see the first element, and cf. sense 2b. For similar uses of taxi as the first element in compounds, see Compounds 1b.
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1909 Flight 2 Jan. 14/1 In the aeroplane we have something new, something that is not standardised down, and commercialised so far as to have aero-taxis and aero-buses.
1927 W. O. Krohn In Borneo Jungle (1991) i. 23 Sampans are used as little ferries or taxis.
1952 W. Ley in C. Ryan Across Space Frontier 114 The space station..is always spinning, and obviously it cannot be stopped just to enable a space taxi to enter one of the turrets.
1965 Washington Post 8 Jan. D5/3 Fly in..to an airstrip..two miles away from Green Turtle by boat taxi.
2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 242/2 Every morning we took the free boat taxi across to a small deserted island across the bay.
c. Esp. South African. A minibus or similar vehicle which transports passengers along a fixed route for a set fare, but which, unlike a bus, does not operate to a timetable; a taxi shared by passengers going to a number of destinations.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi > types of taxi
hackney cab1832
black taxi1911
Jixi1926
shared taxi1937
share-taxi1943
sherut1950
dolmus1957
taxi1958
gypsy cab1960
minicab1960
Gypsy1968
okada1993
boda boda1995
1958 Kenya Gaz. 17 June 638/2 Ndaragwa Taxi Service,..Variation of route to add Rumuruti (One vehicle).
1987 Christian Sci. Monitor 10 Mar. 12 Each morning..about 500,000 Sowetans board trains, buses, or one of some 4,000 privately run mini-bus ‘taxis’ into Johannesburg.
2019 @CommuterCeleb 6 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Can someone please tell me where one can catch taxis to Fourways from Jozi,..and how much they cost?
d. Frequently humorous. A personal motor vehicle conceived of as providing a service similar to that of a taxi (sense 1a), esp. for the driver's children. Frequently in mum's (or mom's) taxi, dad's taxi.In quot. 1961 in dad's taxi service; cf. taxi service n. at Compounds 3.
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1961 Jefferson City (Missouri) Post-Tribune 11 May 15/6 (advt.) If the kids can walk to school.., it cuts down on Dad's taxi service.
1995 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 30 July For teenagers, getting from A to B is often fraught with catch-22. Not old enough to drive but too old to be seen clambering out of mum's taxi.
2010 Cambr. Evening News (Nexis) 8 Oct. I am worried that I will become a taxi for my children and grandchildren.
2. colloquial. A small aeroplane.† a. Formerly: an aeroplane with a very limited range used to train pilots, beginning with manoeuvres on the ground. Also more generally (in U.S. military contexts in the First World War): any small aeroplane (cf. bus n.1 1c). Obsolete.Use of these training planes was perhaps thought to be comparable to the typically short journeys of a taxicab (especially when going back and forth across the airfield); this may have influenced the development of the sense of the verb found at taxi v. 2, and associated uses.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for goods or passengers
liner1905
tramp1905
airliner1908
taxi1909
taxi plane1909
air ferry1916
air freighter1919
passenger plane1919
air taxi1920
freighter1920
flying boxcar1932
ferry1939
shuttle plane1944
day coach1945
feeder liner1946
charter1959
night coach1959
1909 Automobile 2 Dec. 955/2 The ‘taxi’ has covered several thousand kilometers, running over the ground and flying in the air in the hands of various pupils, without a single breakage.
1911 Flight 11 Nov. 986/1 Baldwin, Sabelli and Lieut. Esnie Chinnery were making straight flights on the taxi.
1918 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 260 Our hero is..helping his mechanic give the ‘taxi’ a final looking over.
b. A light aeroplane which is hired by passengers for relatively short-range journeys. Cf. air taxi n. at air n.1 Compounds 2, taxi plane n. at Compounds 3, and taxi aeroplane at Compounds 1b.
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1911 Sci. Amer. 23 Dec. 575/3 The pilot sits in front of the machine like a true chauffeur... There is even a speaking tube to facilitate communication between the passengers within the taxi and the chauffeur.
1922 Daily Mail Year Bk. 1923 74/2 He kept his winged ‘taxi’ waiting while he transacted urgent business, and then flew on.
1994 Times of India (Business Times section) 1 Nov. 19/7 Almost every air traveller knew exactly when and where to catch one of these ‘taxis’.
3. U.S. slang. A prison sentence of between five and fifteen years. [With punning allusion to fifteen and five (colloquially) type of New York taxi (1928 or earlier, now historical), so called on account of a typical rate in the late 1920s. Compare quot. 1930.]
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of > specific term of (year(s))
year1874
rest1882
two-spot1885
trey1887
swy1924
sawbuck1925
handful1930
taxi1930
nickel1953
dime1967
1930 San Francisco Examiner 8 June 16/1 Five to fifteen years, the judge had decreed—a ‘stretch’ that the convicts call a ‘taxi’, because most New York cabs bear conspicuously their rates, and are known as ‘fifteen-and-fives’.
1962 ‘D. Shannon’ Extra Kill viii. 127 Whalen had done a five-to-fifteen year stretch—that's a taxi.
a1988 ‘D. Shannon’ Sorrow to Grave (1992) x. 107 He was currently serving a taxi—five-to-fifteen—in Ossining.
II. Senses relating to taxi v. 2.
4. In an aircraft: an act or instance of taxiing.Frequently (and earliest) as a modifier. See also Compounds 4.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > travelling along the ground
taxiing1912
taxi1913
1913 Aeroplane 3 Apr. 404/2 Doing well at his first attempt on mono, getting off after a couple of taxi straights.
1931 Daily Mirror 27 Aug. 2/2 The machine..was lost in clouds of spray as it ploughed its way in a graceful ‘taxi’.
1965 ‘J. le Carré’ Looking-glass War i. 9 The plane..began the long taxi to the reception point.
2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 July d2/4 Cellphone use is still prohibited during the taxi out to the runway upon departure.
Compounds
Esp. in earlier use, some compounds may represent abbreviations of equivalent compounds of taximeter, as is the case in taxicab n. Cf. taximeter n. Compounds 1. C1.
a. General use as a modifier in sense 1, as in taxi firm, taxi fleet, taxi queue, taxi stand, etc.
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1908 Sphere 23 Feb. 172/3 The taxi hansom should have a flag on the top of the cab.
1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April ix. 135 A taxi stand was at the end of the road.
1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon viii. 264 The taxi fleet was being doubled.
1982 T. Allbeury Shadow of Shadows xxii. 190 He had to walk almost to the bridge before he found a taxi stand.
1998 Independent (Nexis) 31 May 57 Any radio apparatus has to compete with rival transmissions from taxi firms, police cars and indeed other baby monitors in the neighbourhood.
2014 Maxim Nov. 34 Leave a hot club at 3 a.m. and the taxi line will be buzzkillingly long.
b. As a modifier, designating a vehicle other than a motor car that may be hired by passengers to transport them in return for payment, as in taxi aeroplane, taxi bike, taxi boat, taxi bus, etc. Cf. sense 1b.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] > water taxi
taxi boat1909
water taxi1921
river bus1929
1909 Pearson's Mag. Nov. 553/2 Taxi-aeroplanes and aero-'buses, when they come, will be nine-days' wonders only, and then accepted as matters of course.
1914 Pacific Marine Rev. Dec. 60 The four fast Taxi Boats on Lake Washington..are powered with Loew-Victors.
1974 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Sept. 6/4 There was a 24-hour taxiboat service supplied.
1991 Independent (Nexis) 12 Oct. 43 I took a taxi-bus to Cal, arriving in darkness.
2011 @markpinsent 23 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Just got a taxi bike from Canary Wharf to Euston.
C2. Originally and chiefly U.S. As a modifier, designating a person, esp. a woman, whose services may be hired for a specific occasion or period, or who is paid by a bar, dance venue, etc., in return for generating custom; of or relating to such a person. Now chiefly historical.Recorded earliest in taxi dance n. See also taxi dancer n. (first attested 1926), taxi girl n. (1934).
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1910 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 2 Oct. 4/4 (advt.) Taxi-Dance at Tanner's Dancing Academy Tuesday Evening.
1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 682 Women who frequent taverns or night-clubs, getting a percentage on the drinks they induce male patrons to buy, are taxi-drinkers, mixers, percentage-girls or sitters.
1993 I. L. Allen City in Slang vii. 171 After the First World War, the taxi-dance hall, or dime-a-dance hall, a new form of commercialized dancing, appeared in large cities and gave us new images of the rougher side of urban nightlife.
C3. Compounds relating to taxicabs, or other vehicles operating for hire; cf. sense 1.
taxi carriage n. now chiefly historical a horse-drawn carriage operating as a taxi.
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1910 Coal & Coal Trade Jrnl. 1 June 430/1 Taxi-carriages are plentiful, and cheap enough to satisfy the most penurious of globe trotters.
2012 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 12 Jan. 74 The detailed architectural drawings include an engine shed, turntable, oil lamp room, fish house, cab stand and stabling for horse-drawn taxi carriages.
taxi driver n. the driver of a taxi (in various senses).
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society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > pilot of aeroplane
aeroplanist1906
taxi driver1907
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > driving or hiring of cabs > driver of hired cab > driver of taxi-cab
hackie1887
taxi cabbie1907
taxi driver1907
taxi man1908
1907 Daily Chron. 27 Aug. 4/7 ‘Take me to the New Theatre’, said the fare. ‘Which one, sir?’ respectfully asked the ‘taxy’ driver.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 279 Taxi-driver, aeroplane pilot. (Air Force).
2005 Z. Smith On Beauty 60 Jerome sat in the front seat next to the taxi-driver because the trip was Jerome's treat and Jerome's idea.
taxi driving n. and adj. (a) n. the action or occupation of driving a taxi; (b) adj. that drives a taxi.
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1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Sept. 5/4 A man has to possess more than ordinary merit to qualify for the taxi-driving ‘profession’.
1951 A. Koestler Age of Longing ii. iii. 234 But there were no grand dukes, taxi-driving generals, or princesses at the Kronstadt.
2012 M. Valverde Everyday Law on Street vii. 165 In many cities in North America, taxi driving is one of the few occupations open to certain groups of recently arrived male immigrants.
taxi fare n. the price or cost of a cab or taxi ride; money used to pay for this.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > spending- or pocket-money > for journey
wayfare1577
viaticum1594
viatic1641
travel allowance1835
taxi fare1910
1910 Washington Post 9 Jan. a16/3 (headline) Hotels and taxi fare. Managers say they adhere to legal schedule.
1932 H. Crane Let. ?Feb. (1965) 401 I'm sure you wouldn't mind advancing the bus and taxi fare, would you?
2014 City Life (Hong Kong Hotels Assoc.) Mar. 46/1 Detailed taxi fare information is listed inside the taxi.
taxi man n. a man who drives a taxi.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > driving or hiring of cabs > driver of hired cab > driver of taxi-cab
hackie1887
taxi cabbie1907
taxi driver1907
taxi man1908
1908 N.Y. Times 14 May 2/7 (advt.) ‘Wait a few moments,’ she said to the Taximan as he drew up at the F. & O. store.
1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh ii. 111 Sneaking? Why, me and the taxi man made enough noise..to wake the dead.
2017 Irish Independent (Nexis) 11 Dec. 26 Some taxi men will refuse to take a woman on her own because they are scared they will be accused of sexual assault.
taxi medallion n. (in the United States) a transferable permit, in the form of an embossed metal plate riveted to a vehicle, allowing a taxi driver to operate.
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1949 N.Y. Times 20 Mar. (Mag.) 30/2 There is in New York a brisk illegal trade in taxi medallions. Drivers sell worthless cars for sums like $2,905—$2,900 for the medallion and $5 for the car.
2007 P. Krugman et al. Essent. of Econ. ii. iv. 96 In San Francisco and Boston, as in New York, taxi medallions trade for six-figure prices.
taxi plane n. a light aeroplane which is hired out by passengers for relatively short-range journeys; = sense 2b.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for goods or passengers
liner1905
tramp1905
airliner1908
taxi1909
taxi plane1909
air ferry1916
air freighter1919
passenger plane1919
air taxi1920
freighter1920
flying boxcar1932
ferry1939
shuttle plane1944
day coach1945
feeder liner1946
charter1959
night coach1959
1909 Pearson's Mag. Nov. 553/2 (heading) Taxi-Planes and Aero-'Buses?
1920 Daily Tel. 13 Apr. 1/7 Taxiplanes for any journey. Per mile, 2s. 6d.
2018 West Australian (Perth) (Nexis) 24 Oct. 28 The airline was investing in a complete redesign of the interiors for its planes, in electric taxi planes and more digital transformation.
taxi ride n. a journey in a taxi.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > journey in a taxi
cab ride1840
taxi ride1910
1910 Washington Post 30 July 14/3 (headline) Taxi ride comes high.
1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iii. 44 It was a five-dollar taxi ride from the Villa España.
2015 Manch. Evening News 27 Feb. 37/4 You could get stuck with the tab for an expensive lunch or taxi ride.
taxi service n. a service providing transport in taxis.
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society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > type of service
pool service1906
taxi service1908
air shuttle1928
shuttle1942
interlining1970
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > service of transport in taxi-cabs
taxi service1908
1908 N.Y. Times 5 July s4/3 In New York the Motor Taximeter Cab Company..has taken over the entire Renault taxi service, and has ordered fifty more cabs.
2013 Economist 19 Oct. 73/3 Uber, which was already running town cars, started a taxi service in September 2012, but withdrew it the next month.
taxi station n. a designated area where taxis line up to wait for business; = taxi rank n. 1.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [noun] > driving or hiring of cabs > station for vehicles plying for hire
standa1732
rank1829
standing1831
cab stand1832
coach-stand1834
hazard1836
ranking1903
taxi rank1907
taxi station1912
1912 Motor Age 14 Nov. 40/3 A taxi station is not a garage, but simply a space in the street in which the cars are allowed to stand while waiting for a fare.
2014 Black Camera 6 145/2 Unsightly places of commerce..including the garage and the taxi station where Hassan works.
taxi-truck n. Australian a van, with a driver, for public hire.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hired truck or van
taxi-truck1945
1945 Daily Tel. (Sydney) 16 May (Final ed.) 5/2 A taxi-truck service designed to overcome transport mileage restrictions on taxi-cab services has been established by ex-serviceman H. A. Morris, of Chatswood.
1974 P. Cave Dirtiest Picture Postcard ii. 13 He packed all his books and records into two large cardboard boxes and phoned a taxi-truck.
2018 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 Aug. 57 They arranged for the packages..to be delivered to the woman's house and then watched as Nepalese man Bhupendra Tamang arrived in a taxi truck to collect them.
taxi wallah n. originally and chiefly Indian English a taxi driver.
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1920 Times of India 26 May (Indian Motoring Suppl.) 7/1 The taxi-wallah whose car possesses that diabolical invention, the exhaust horn.
2014 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 21 Sept. The morning scene is lacking its usual cacophony of car horns, revving motors, yelling taxi wallahs and the occasional explosion of a backfire.
taxi work n. the work of transporting passengers in a taxi (in various senses); (with reference to a vehicle) service as a taxi.
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1910 Manch. Guardian 23 Sept. 2/7 (advt.) Gentleman wishes to dispose of his two 15-h.p. Panhard Landaulettes, suitable for hiring or taxi work.
1945 Ann. Reg. 1944 23 A small land plane of 8,000 lb. to seat eight passengers and suitable for taxi work.
2015 R. Hawke Truth About Peacock Blue iii. 12 Although he was a tailor he drove a rickshaw taxi when he didn't have sewing jobs, so he'd find taxi work during the day.
C4. Compounds relating to aircraft manoeuvring on the ground; cf. sense 4 and taxi v. 2.Some of the following may represent compounds of taxi v. 2.
taxi apron n. a broad flat area outside an air terminal, hangar, etc. (cf. apron n. 4m) across which aircraft can manoeuvre and taxi to and from the runway.
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1928 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 7 Dec. ii. 1/1 Oiled decomposed granite taxi aprons assures [sic] clean air.
1978 T. L. Smith Money War i. 136 Captain Imman eased the 727 forward on the taxi apron.
2004 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Jan. 5 A recent runway repair which left jets glued to the taxi aprons.
taxi clearance n. permission, given to the pilot of an aircraft, to start taxiing to the runway; an instance of this.
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1939 Civil Aeronaut. Bull. No. 21. 97 (list) Taxi clearance. Ground traffic. Taxi instructions.
1966 D. Francis Flying Finish ii. 25 I filed my flight plan, checked with the control tower for taxy clearance.
2018 Times of India (Nexis) 21 July The other ATC officer will provide services on the ground which includes the push-back, start-up and taxi clearances for aircraft.
taxi strip n. a route along which aircraft can taxi on the way to or from a runway; = taxiway n.
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > track for ground movement of aircraft
taxi strip1920
taxiway1929
taxi track1943
peritrack1978
1920 National in World War (Gen. Elec. Co.: Cleveland, Ohio) ii. 291 Higher illumination of taxi strip.
1976 B. Jackson Flameout (1977) xii. 209 The small jet began to lose height, and soon airport buildings, a runway, and taxi strips were in sight.
2016 B. Evans Air Battle for Burma iv. 48 These satellite airfields had taxi strips but no revetments, so the aircraft were parked well apart along the edge of the main strip itself.
taxi track n. a route along which aircraft can taxi on the way to or from a runway; = taxiway n.
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > track for ground movement of aircraft
taxi strip1920
taxiway1929
taxi track1943
peritrack1978
1943 N.Y. Times 25 Sept. 6/5 Thirty direct hits were seen on the main runway and ten to fifteen on the taxi tracks.
2003 Daily Mail 22 Aug. 65/4 I parked my dual-control..training aircraft on the taxi track for refuelling.
taxiway n. [after runway n. 6] a route along which aircraft can taxi on the way to or from a runway.
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > track for ground movement of aircraft
taxi strip1920
taxiway1929
taxi track1943
peritrack1978
1929 Sci. Amer. Oct. 301/2 As planes taxi to and fro between the loading areas and the hangars, there would be no danger, as at the present type of airport, of hitting a visitor or passenger strolling across the taxiways.
2010 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 21/4 Why not learn the lessons of the Berlin Airlift in 1948? Use military aircraft such as the C130, and create temporary taxiways for these aircraft.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
taxiv.
/ˈtaksi/, U.S. /ˈtæksi/ 1.
a. intransitive. To travel in a taxi.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [verb (intransitive)] > travel by cab or taxi
cab1831
hack1877
hansom1890
taxi1909
1909 Sketch 28 Apr. 71/2 I watched them pack—in a drive and a putt—taxied with them to Paddington.
1942 E. Paul Narrow Street iv. 33 Anne's father..used to taxi to the rue de la Huchette from the avenue de la Bourdonnais.
2007 N.Y. Mag. 19 Feb. 34/2 Twenty-seventh Street became club row, a one-stop party shop... Instead of taxiing from one neighborhood to the next, clubbers could flit across the street.
b. transitive. To drive or accompany in, or as if in, a taxi; to transport by taxi.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [verb (transitive)] > convey in a taxi
cab1906
taxi1909
1909 Sketch 28 Apr. 71/2 Taxied me to the Savoy.
1977 G. McDonald Confess, Fletch xxxviii. 178 He taxies Ms. Fryer to her motel. Allows her time to change.
2012 Italica 89 238 Iseppo is taxying the groom, Bertozzi, a wealthy merchant from Chioggia, along with his wife, Orsola..and the mature groom's relatives back home.
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a. intransitive. Of an aeroplane or its pilot: to travel slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing. Also in extended use. Frequently with adverbs or adverbial phrases indicating the direction of travel, as to taxi in, to taxi out, etc.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > travel along ground
roll1910
taxi1911
1911 Aeroplane 8 June 8/1 The only way to get ——'s 'bus into the air is to ‘taxi’ to the sewage farm remou and get pulled off the ground by it!
1914 Aeroplane 5 Feb. 140/1 He taxied out to leeward,..turned,..opened out his engine.
1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ ii. 19 I..taxied back to the hangar.
1955 Times 24 Aug. 6/4 Crowds waited at London Airport, and the Canberra was greeted with cheers as it taxied in.
1959 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VIII. 280 When well out from the land both birds became silent and ‘taxied’ heavily over the water until air-borne.
2018 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Dec. c7 McGee interrupted himself..after glimpsing a small yellow-and-blue plane through the window. ‘He's taxiing out now!’ he said.
b. transitive. Of a pilot: to cause (an aeroplane, etc.) to travel slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > cause to travel on ground
taxi1914
1914 Manch. Guardian 25 Apr. 9/6 The waterplane was ‘taxied’ on to the beach near the jetty.
1977 R.A.F. Yearbk. 29 Taxying the aircraft requires a little practice.
2007 Lang. in Society 36 241 The pilots are taxiing the aircraft to the runway for takeoff.
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