bus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a car that is old and unreliable

   the fenders had fallen off that old bus

2. 2
   noun

   an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits

   the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system

3. 3
   verb

   to remove used dishes from the table in restaurants

   I bussed the tables before taking my break.

4. 4
   verb

   to ride in a bus

   The students bussed to school.

5. 5
   verb

   to send or move around by bus

   The children were bussed to school.

6. 6
   noun

   Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.

   “Excuse me,” said the stranger, who turned out to be a youth in motorcycling kit, “but could you give me a hand with my bus?”

7. 7
   verb

   To transport via a motor bus.

   Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kuanhsi (Guanxi: West Pass), nestled against the tea growing hills of Hsinchu county.

8. 8
   verb

   To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.

   But if you ask me to bus my children / I hope the cops take down your name

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibusclip. English bus Clipping of omnibus. Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping. The shift in spelling likely reflects the fact that modern speakers no longer perceive this term as a clipping. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.