TAXICAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taxicab mean? 

• TAXICAB (noun)
  The noun TAXICAB has 1 sense:

1. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

  Familiarity information: TAXICAB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAXICAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cab; hack; taxi; taxicab

Hypernyms ("taxicab" is a kind of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "taxicab"):

gypsy cab (a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls)

minicab (a minicar used as a taxicab)

Holonyms ("taxicab" is a member of...):

fleet (group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership)

 Context examples 

A taxicab was waiting at the end of the road, so I sprang into it and drove down to the office.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was nearly half-past ten before I had received my message, but a taxicab took me round in good time for my appointment.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)