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   shuttle

   /ˈʃʌt(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a form of transport that travels regularly between two places: "the nine o'clock shuttle from Edinburgh"
   • ▪ short for space shuttle
   • 2. a bobbin with two pointed ends used for carrying the weft thread across between the warp threads in weaving.
   • ▪ a bobbin carrying the lower thread in a sewing machine.
   • 3. short for shuttlecock

   verb

   • 1. travel regularly between two or more places: "the Secretary of State shuttled to and fro seeking compromise" Similar plyruncommutealternatecome and gogo/travel back and forthgo/travel to and fro
   • ▪ transport in a shuttle: "the river taxi shuttled employees between the newspaper's offices and the capital" Similar ferrytake/run back and forthchauffeur

   Word Origin Old Englishscytel ‘dart, missile’, of Germanic origin; compare with Old Norse skutill ‘harpoon’; related to shoot. Sense 1 and the verb are from the movement of the bobbin from one side of the loom to the other and back.

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