taxiing

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verb pass possession to

1911, from earlier slang use of taxi (n.) for "aircraft." Related: Taxied; taxiing.

While taxiing, you must hold the stick well back of neutral.

They were taxiing across the little harbor of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, when a messenger from the bank waved a yellow paper.

One thing I forgot to say--you must always hold a straight course while taxiing before the take off.

She experienced no trouble in landing and in taxiing her plane up to a spot near the house.

A student pilot, taxiing his plane across the field for his first solo flight, was coming straight toward him.

The amphibian was taxiing slowly through the water, its nose pointed directly toward the beach.

Meanwhile I might inquire where was Mrs. Spencer's shadow while she was taxiing up the avenue?

In a short time he was back on the water again, taxiing to the Spindrift beach.

As the second bus was taxiing over the grass the pilot jerked it round sharply to avoid the pond.

Then, too, the fine dust would get into the machinery when the aviator was taxiing for a start.