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- [shuht-l]
- /ˈʃʌt l/
- /ˈʃʌt.l̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shuht-l]
- /ˈʃʌt l/
Definitions of shuttle word
- noun shuttle a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound. 1
- noun shuttle the sliding container that carries the lower thread in a sewing machine. 1
- noun shuttle a public conveyance, as a train, airplane, or bus, that travels back and forth at regular intervals over a particular route, especially a short route or one connecting two transportation systems. 1
- noun shuttle shuttlecock (def 1). 1
- noun shuttle (often initial capital letter) space shuttle. 1
- verb with object shuttle to cause (someone or something) to move to and fro or back and forth by or as if by a shuttle: They shuttled me all over the seventh floor. 1
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Origin of shuttle
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English shotil (noun), Old English scytel dart, arrow; cognate with Old Norse skutill harpoon; akin to shut, shoot1
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Parts of speech for Shuttle
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shuttle popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shuttle
noun shuttle
- avigation — aerial navigation.
- flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- orbiter — Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- winging — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
verb shuttle
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- cash in — If you say that someone cashes in on a situation, you are criticizing them for using it to gain an advantage, often in an unfair or dishonest way.
- castled — like a castle in construction; castellated
- deal in — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
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