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Word entry · 4 letters

taxi

Best crossword clue

"Hired ride"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈtæksi/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aitxStarts with TEnds with I3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Car hired with a driver for a fare.

Word origin

Shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (whence also English taxameter), coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”). More at tax, task.

Used in a sentence

  • I cabbed a package downtown in my father's taxi.
  • "Taxi," he called. And when one pulled up to the curb with screeching brakes he ordered, "The nearest restaurant."
  • [Sobbing uncontrollably] I thought I could make it work between us because you looked a bit like a man. TAXI!

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Hired ride4 letters
02Fare-paid car4 letters
03Hired car4 letters

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