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shuttle

noun · verb

Simple meaning

A transport service that goes back and forth between two or more places.

Pronunciation

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shuhtuhl

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈʃʌtəl

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.

  2. Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.

  3. weaving

    A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.

  4. The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.

  5. Public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points

  6. weaving

    Bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads

verb

  1. Travel back and forth between two points

  2. intransitivetransitive

    To go or send back and forth between two places.

  3. transitive

    To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service.

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.

Used this way, shuttle is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use shuttle

  • “The airport shuttle will take us directly to the terminal.”

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