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   shut·tle

   /ˈSHəd(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a form of transportation that travels regularly between two places: "the nine o'clock shuttle from Boston"
   • ▪ short for space shuttle
   • 2. a wooden device with two pointed ends holding a bobbin, used for carrying the weft thread between the warp threads in weaving.
   • ▪ a bobbin carrying the lower thread in a sewing machine.
   • 3. short for shuttlecock

   verb

   • 1. travel regularly between two or more places: "he shuttled between Manhattan and Silicon Valley" Similar plyruncommutealternatecome and gogo/travel back and forthgo/travel to and fro
   • ▪ transport in a shuttle: "the river taxi shuttled employees between the newspaper's offices and the capital" Similar ferrytake/run back and forthchauffeur

   Word Origin Old Englishscytel ‘dart, missile’, of Germanic origin; compare with Old Norse skutill ‘harpoon’; related to shoot. Sense 1 and the verb are from the movement of the bobbin from one side of the loom to the other and back.

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     SHUTTLE meaning: 1. a vehicle or aircraft that travels...

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   The meaning of SHUTTLE is a device used in weaving for passing the thread of the weft between the threads of the warp. How to use shuttle in a sentence.

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   A shuttle runs between two or more places regularly. The benefit to staying at a hotel close to the airport is that you can take a shuttle, or a regular bus that travels back and forth, to catch your plane in the morning.

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   noun. a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound. the sliding container that carries the lower thread in a sewing machine.

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   1. a. Regular travel back and forth over an established, often short route by a vehicle. b. A vehicle used in such travel: took the shuttle across town. c. A route used by a vehicle in such travel: the Washington-New York air shuttle. d. A space shuttle. e. Travel between disputing parties by a diplomatic intermediary. 2. a.

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