shuttle
Meaning of shuttle
noun
- a form of transport that travels regularly between two places.
the nine o'clock shuttle from Edinburgh
a shuttle bus departs every 30 minutes
- a bobbin with two pointed ends used for carrying the weft thread across between the warp threads in weaving.
- short for shuttlecock.
- 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.
- Languages in which shuttle is used:
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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:
Meaning a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material:
Meaning (of a bus, train, ferry, or other form of transport) make a regular journey on a particular route:
Meaning travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis:
Meaning occur in turn repeatedly:
Translation of shuttle
- Spanish: pluma, volante
- French: volant, navette
- Portuguese: volante, peteca
- Italian: volano, navetta, shuttle
- German: Weberschiffchen
Words that rhyme with shuttle
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