Shuttle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈʃʌtl|  American pronunciation of the word shuttle
Brit.  |ˈʃʌt(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word shuttle

noun

- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers (syn: bird, birdie, shuttlecock)
- public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points
- bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads

verb

- travel back and forth between two points

Extra examples

A shuttle takes people from the parking lot to the airport.

We shuttled between the city and the country all summer.

A bus shuttled people from the parking lot to the dock.

He took the Washington-New York shuttle.

He took the Washington - New York shuttle.

A shuttle bus operates to and from the beach of San Benedetto.

There's a shuttle service from the city center to the airport.

Susan shuttles between Rotterdam and London for her job.

The passengers were shuttled to the hotel by bus.

...a space shuttle on its premier voyage...

...the soar of the space shuttle never fails to inspire...

...the heiress wanted to do something with her life other than shuttle from fete to fete...

Thousand of spectators gathered to watch the liftoff of the space shuttle.

This morning's launch of the space shuttle has been delayed.

The shuttle runs daily from New York to Boston.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: shuttle
he/she/it: shuttles
present participle: shuttling
past tense: shuttled
past participle: shuttled
noun
singular: shuttle
plural: shuttles
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