taxicab/ˈtæksikæb/EtymologyShortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab.nounSynonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys, particularly one using a taximeter to automate fare calculation.“So now, stimulated by some further experience with that world which does not care a tinker's damn whether a verb agrees with its subject in number and person or not, she permitted the taxicab to jounce her smile out of all semblance to anything calmly superior and into a very unschoolmarmish grin.”verbTo travel by taxicab.