Definition of shuttle Shuttle

/ʃʌˈtʌl/ - [shutul] - shut•tle

We found 17 definitions of shuttle from 6 different sources.

What does shuttle mean?

Noun Plural: shuttles
shuttle - public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
		public transport conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
shuttle - bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
shuttle - badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
		shuttlecock, bird, birdie
		badminton equipment equipment for playing the game of badminton
Verb shuttles, shuttling, shuttled
shuttle - travel back and forth between two points
		locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

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shuttle (Noun)
The part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads.
shuttle (Noun)
A transport service such as a bus or train that goes back and forth between two places.
shuttle (Noun)
Any other item that moves repeatedly back and forth between two positions, possibly transporting something else with it between those points such as, in chemistry, a molecular shuttle.
shuttle (Verb)
To go back and forth between two places.
shuttle (Verb)
To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service.

shuttle (n.)
An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
shuttle (n.)
The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
shuttle (n.)
A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
shuttle (v. i.)
To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.

shuttle
Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers.
shuttle
Device used in weaving to carry the weft, moving continuously to-and-fro.

shuttle
shut′l, n. an instrument used for shooting the thread of the woof between the threads of the warp in weaving.—v.t. and v.i. to move to and fro, like a shuttle.—n. Shutt′lecock, a rounded cork stuck with feathers, driven with a battledore: the game itself.—adv. Shutt′lewise, in the manner of a shuttle.—adj. Shutt′le-wit′ted, flighty. [From base of A.S. sceótan, shoot; Dan. and Sw. skyttel.]