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| shuttle [ shútt'l ] |
noun (plural shuttles) |
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1. route taken or vehicle used: the route taken or the aircraft, bus, or train used to travel frequently between two places, often relatively near each other
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2. aerospace
Same as space shuttle
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3. going back and forth: frequent travel by vehicle between two places
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4. racket games
Same as shuttlecockn (sense 1)
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5. weaving device: a device in weaving that holds the weft thread and is used to pass it between the warp threads
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6. spindle or bobbin: a thread holder, e.g. in tatting or netting or for the lower thread in a sewing machine
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transitive and intransitive verb (3rd person present singular shuttles, present participle shuttling, past and past participle shuttled) |
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1. go back and forth: to move between two places frequently, or cause somebody or something to move in this way
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2. go by shuttle: to transport somebody or something by a shuttle, or be transported by a shuttle
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| [ Old English scytel 'arrow, dart' < Germanic, 'shoot'] |
