shuttle
noun
verb (used with object), shut·tled, shut·tling.
verb (used without object), shut·tled, shut·tling.
Origin of shuttle
Related Words for shuttle
train, spacecraft, plane, airplane, commute, transporter, travel, spaceportExamples from the Web for shuttle
Contemporary Examples of shuttle
The first shuttle flights with two crew members used ejection seats and full pressure suits.
Once a day, she says, a shuttle bus took them into town, dropping them not so subtly near the train station.
Italy's Latest Export Is Refugees, and the Rest of Europe Is Not HappyBarbie Latza Nadeau
August 26, 2014
He used the Lear—which seated only six and had no bar—mostly to shuttle his pals between Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and Las Vegas.
As we struggled to break 130 kph, he glanced at me and our black Peugeot shook like a shuttle on reentry.
Back and forth between Washington and New York on that shuttle all the time.
Historical Examples of shuttle
The loom-girl in these parts is never too early at her harness and shuttle.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
Do you think you are going to make me run to and fro like a shuttle?
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
The shuttle will be made by the carpenter; the awl by the smith or skilled person.
CratylusPlato
We cut with a knife, we pierce with an awl, we weave with a shuttle, we name with a name.
CratylusPlato
And as a shuttle separates the warp from the woof, so a name distinguishes the natures of things.
CratylusPlato