Meaning & use
shuttle
A vehicle that travels regularly back and forth over a short route between two places.
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We took the shuttle from the hotel to the airport early this morning.
The space shuttle carried astronauts and equipment into orbit.
A note on using this word
Shuttle also names the small device that carries thread back and forth in weaving, the origin of its modern meaning.
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2. verb
To transport people or things regularly back and forth between two places.
Buses shuttle visitors between the parking lot and the museum entrance.
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