shuttle

Meaning of shuttle

noun
  1. a form of transport that travels regularly between two places.
    the nine o'clock shuttle from Edinburgh
    a shuttle bus departs every 30 minutes
  2. a bobbin with two pointed ends used for carrying the weft thread across between the warp threads in weaving.
  3. short for shuttlecock.
verb
  1. travel regularly between two or more places.
    the Secretary of State shuttled to and fro seeking compromise

Old English scytel ‘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.

Information about shuttle

  • The plural form of shuttle is: shuttles.
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Hyphenation of shuttle

shut-tle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • shuttle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

shuttle synonyms

Meaning shuttlecock:

shuttlecock, bird, birdie

Meaning a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material:

ply

Meaning (of a bus, train, ferry, or other form of transport) make a regular journey on a particular route:

run

Meaning travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis:

commute

Meaning occur in turn repeatedly:

alternate

Translation of shuttle

Words that rhyme with shuttle

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