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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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, taxicab]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 (r) 3.0 (2006):

taxicab n 1: 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, taxicab]