taxicab

[ tak-see-kab ]

/ ˈtæk siˌkæb /

a public passenger vehicle, especially an automobile, usually fitted with a taximeter.

Origin of taxicab

First recorded in 1905–10; taxi(meter) + cab¹

The mortally wounded Cherry lost control of his Maserati and the car careened into a taxicab, causing it to burst into flames.

Shooting on the Strip: Las Vegas’s Prostitution Secret |John L. Smith |August 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
That makes it harder to get everything from a taxicab to a job.

Why Don't Americans Save? |Megan McArdle |March 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She'd seen ads for it on New York City buses and taxicab tops, the anonymous columnist notoriously vicious.

Dr. Scarpetta Heads to Psych Ward |Daily Beast Promotions |February 23, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Well, she had fallen off and had to be taken home in a taxicab.

Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions |Mary Roberts Rinehart

Twenty minutes later a taxicab set down the old man at the door, and a maid admitted him and brought him into the saloon.

The Angel of Terror |Edgar Wallace
"I'm going for that taxicab," said Grace, as Emma still remained silent.

Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus |Jessie Graham Flower
It possesses, moreover, a moo which is a blend between a ship's siren and a taxicab's honk syringe.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 28th, 1920 |Various
It took an automobile and a train and a taxicab to bring me.

Mary Rose of Mifflin |Frances R. Sterrett