Meanings
-
1
noun
a bus, train, aircraft, or other service that travels regularly between two points
A free shuttle carries passengers between the terminal and the rental-car center.
-
2
verb
to travel or transport someone repeatedly back and forth between two places
She had to shuttle between the two offices throughout the negotiation.
-
3
noun
a device that carries the weft thread back and forth through the warp on a loom
The weaver passed the wooden shuttle swiftly across the loom.
-
4
noun
a shuttlecock used in badminton
The final shuttle landed just inside the back line.
Thesaurus
Etymology
From Middle English shutel and Old English scytel, 'dart, missile, or bolt,' related to shoot. The loom tool was named for being shot across the warp; its repeated back-and-forth motion later inspired the transport and verb senses.