jitney

noun

Definition of jitneynext
as in bus

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Recent Examples of jitney Batangas is a tough place to run: The roads don’t have shoulders; there are dogs everywhere; jitneys screech by. — Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025 The measure also includes small changes to Houston's pedicab and jitney industries. — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 May 2022 Keelboats, jitney cars, horseless carriages, street cars, a railroad train, fire engine, skyway and even the Adm. Joe Fowler Sternwheeler on the Rivers of America all serve as people-movers. — Roger Simmons, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2021 Simon Berry started a jitney service that catered to Greenwood's Black community, who were barred from using White taxi services. — Jazmin Goodwin, CNN, 16 May 2021 The seed for Lyft was planted when Logan Green, a California university student, saw jitney buses picking up passengers in Zimbabwe. — Daniel Yergin, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021 Sharon Kay Penman was born on Aug. 13, 1945, in New York City and raised in Atlantic City, where her father, William J. Penman, waited tables and drove a jitney. — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2021 On July 20, 1916, The Chronicle ran an editorial supporting a jitney bus ban from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day. — Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, 15 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jitney
  1. bus
  2. automobile
  3. car
  4. minibus
  5. minivan
  6. motorcar
  7. auto
  8. coach
Noun
  • Tropical gardens and the beach are right on your doorstep, and historical Bridgetown is just a (wild) bus ride away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
  • All traffic in Washington was held up to allow their buses to proceed to each destination without delay.
    — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of bus
Noun
  • The update removes cattle hides, skins and leather from the scope of regulation, along with re-treaded tires, soybeans for sowing, articles of vulcanized rubber, conveyor and transmission belts, and aircraft and automobile seats.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 16 July 2026
  • The golfer has been involved in four incidents involving automobiles since 2009, causing personal and professional harm.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
Definition of automobile
Noun
  • Outside, the cops, led by a dry sinister officer in a long black leather coat, order him to get on the ground, face down; Sophia comes out of the house and is placed in the back of a car, staring at all this through the glass.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • The governor’s September 2020 order directed the state to require all new cars and passenger trucks sold in the state after 2035 be zero-emission vehicles.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of car
Noun
  • In May, a minibus rammed into a bus parked along a motorway in northwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring five others.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • Russian drones also hit a passenger minibus in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three and wounding six, including a child, Zelensky said on social media.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of minibus
Noun
  • That’s enough room to accommodate bulky cargo with the ease of a minivan.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • Porter characterized herself as a minivan driving single mom who would work to take on special interests and refuse to take corporate cash.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of minivan
Noun
  • Lucky for people living in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, there are plenty of free things to do with fathers this upcoming weekend from free swimming to a classic motorcar gathering and surprising activities in between.
    — Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • The City, for example, includes the German President Paul von Hindenburg, passing by in a motorcar, as well as circus folk and Roma and a regal Turkish mousetrap salesman who might have been painted by Goya.
    — Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Definition of motorcar
Noun
  • In the first half of 2026, retail auto sales fell 26% while auto exports were up 72% compared with last year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
    — Phil LeBeau,Meghan Reeder, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • Korean auto workers are simply the first workforce to watch the chariot roll toward them with enough collective leverage to stand in the road.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of auto
Noun
  • Lionel Scaloni, the Argentina head coach, attempted to intervene.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • His grandfather, Mayes Dobbins, was the school’s first football coach.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of coach

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