bus
1[ buhs ]
/ bʌs /
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noun, plural bus·es, bus·ses.
verb (used with object), bused or bussed, bus·ing or bus·sing.
to convey or transport by bus: to bus the tourists to another hotel.
to transport (pupils) to school by bus, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
verb (used without object), bused or bussed, bus·ing or bus·sing.
to travel on or by means of a bus: We bused to New York on a theater trip.
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Idioms
throw under the bus. throw(def 57).
Origin of bus
1Can be confusedbussed bust
Definition for bussing (2 of 4)
Origin of buss
1560–70; perhaps blend of obsolete bass kiss and obsolete cuss kiss (cognate with German Kuss; replacing Middle English, Old English coss (cognate with Old Norse koss))
Can be confusedbus buss
Definition for bussing (3 of 4)
bus
2[ buhs ]
/ bʌs /
verb (used with or without object), bused or bussed, bus·ing or bus·sing.
to work or act as a busboy or busgirl: She bused for her meals during her student days.
Origin of bus
2First recorded in 1830–40; back formation from busboy
Definition for bussing (4 of 4)
busing
or bus·sing
[ buhs-ing ]
/ ˈbʌs ɪŋ /
noun
the transporting of students by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
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British Dictionary definitions for bussing (1 of 3)
Word Origin for buss
C16: probably of imitative origin; compare French baiser, German dialect Bussi little kiss
British Dictionary definitions for bussing (2 of 3)
Buss
/ (bʌs) /
noun
Frances Mary . 1827–94, British educationalist; a pioneer of secondary education for girls, who campaigned for women's admission to university
British Dictionary definitions for bussing (3 of 3)
bus
/ (bʌs) /
noun plural buses or busses
verb buses, busing, bused, busses, bussing or bussed
to travel or transport by bus
mainly US and Canadian to transport (children) by bus from one area to a school in another in order to create racially integrated classes
Word Origin for bus
C19: short for omnibus
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Culture definitions for bussing
busing
The movement of students from one neighborhood to a school in another neighborhood, usually by bus and usually to break down de facto segregation of public schools.
Note
A Supreme Court decision in 1971 ruling that busing was an appropriate means of achieving integrated schools (see integration) was received with widespread, sometimes violent, resistance, particularly among whites into whose neighborhoods and schools black children were to be bused. In 1991, the Court ruled that school districts could end busing if they had done everything “practicable” to eliminate the traces of past discrimination.
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