shuttle


2shuttle

verb
shut·tledshut·tling\ˈshət-liŋ, ˈshə-təl-iŋ\

Definition of SHUTTLE

transitive verb
1
: to cause to move or travel back and forth frequently
2
: to transport in, by, or as if by a shuttle <shuttled them to school>
intransitive verb
1
: to move or travel back and forth frequently
2
: to move by or as if by a shuttle

Examples of SHUTTLE

  1. We shuttled between the city and the country all summer.
  2. A bus shuttled people from the parking lot to the dock.

First Known Use of SHUTTLE

1550

Rhymes with SHUTTLE

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