1
a
: a device used in weaving for passing the thread of the weft between the threads of the warp
b
: a spindle-shaped device holding the thread in tatting, knotting, or netting
c
: a sliding thread holder for the lower thread of a sewing machine that carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread to make a stitch
2
3
a
: a going back and forth regularly over an often short route by a vehicle
b(1)
: an established route used in a shuttle
(2)
: a vehicle used in a shuttle
a shuttle bus
c
shuttleless
adjective
shuttled; shuttling
ˈshə-tᵊl-iŋ 
ˈshət-liŋ
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
1
: to move or travel back and forth frequently
2
: to move by or as if by a shuttle
Examples of shuttle in a Sentence
Noun
A shuttle takes people from the parking lot to the airport.
Verb
We shuttled between the city and the country all summer.
A bus shuttled people from the parking lot to the dock.
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Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Many had arrived via shuttle bus from several parking lots in the area.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
Overflow parking is available at 640 Eden Park Drive, with free Cincinnati Metro shuttles available to the museum.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
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Noun
That night, Jacquemus held an after-party on the Lady Adriana, a boat moored off the Capri coast, and on the shuttle bus to the docks and the speedboat bearing guests out to the vessel, a young fan in a sleeveless shirt commandeered the PA system to lead rabble-rousing cheers.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Many had arrived via shuttle bus from several parking lots in the area.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
Watching these families shuttled into hotels and shelters, Rogers couldn’t help but think about his own decade-long battle with homelessness.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
Overflow parking is available at 640 Eden Park Drive, with free Cincinnati Metro shuttles available to the museum.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Shuttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shuttle. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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shuttle
1 of 2 noun
shut·tle
ˈshət-ᵊl
1
: an instrument used in weaving to carry the thread back and forth from side to side through the threads that run lengthwise
2
a
: a vehicle that goes back and forth regularly over an often short route
the airport shuttle
space shuttle
b
: an established route used by a shuttle
shuttle
2 of 2 verb
shuttled; shuttling
ˈshət-liŋ
-ᵊl-iŋ
1
: to move or travel back and forth often
2
: to transport in, by, or as if by a shuttle
shuttled the children to school
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