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Definitions for Shuttle

[1] 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.
[2] the sliding container that carries the lower thread in a sewing machine.
[3] a public conveyance, as a train, airplane, or bus, that travels back and forth at regular intervals over a particular route, especially a short route or one connecting two transportation systems.
[4] shuttlecock(def 1) .
[5] (often initial capital letter ) space shuttle.
[6] to cause (someone or something) to move to and fro or back and forth by or as if by a shuttle: They shuttled me all over the seventh floor.
[7] to move to and fro: constantly shuttling between city and suburb.
[8] a bobbin-like device used in weaving for passing the weft thread between the warp threads
[9] a small bobbin-like device used to hold the thread in a sewing machine or in tatting, knitting, etc
[10] a bus, train, aircraft, etc, that plies between two points, esp one that offers a frequent service over a short route short for space shuttle
[11] the movement between various countries of a diplomat in order to negotiate with rulers who refuse to meet each other (as modifier ) shuttle diplomacy
[12] badminton short for shuttlecock
[13] to move or cause to move by or as if by a shuttle

Words related to Shuttle

train, spacecraft, plane, airplane, commute, transporter, travel, spaceport

Words nearby Shuttle

shutter speed, shutter-priority, shutterbug, shuttering, shutting stile, shuttle, shuttle armature, shuttle diplomacy, shuttlecock, shuttlecraft, shvartze

Origin of Shuttle

before 900; Middle English shotil (noun), Old English scytel dart, arrow; cognate with Old Norse skutill harpoon; akin to shut, shoot1

Other words from Shuttle

shut·tle·like , adjective

Word origin for Shuttle

Old English scytel bolt; related to Middle High German schüzzel, Swedish skyttel. See shoot , shot

Synonyms for Shuttle

airplane, plane, shuttle bus, spacecraft, train, transporter, spaceport