shuttle

A bus, train, or other service that repeatedly takes people between particular places.

• The shuttle leaves every ten minutes.
• We took the airport shuttle to our hotel.
• Is there a free shuttle between the terminals?

How to use it: a shuttle between A and B (There is a shuttle between the hotel and the airport.); a shuttle to somewhere (We took a shuttle to the station.)

Similar words: shuttle service

Common phrases: shuttle bus, airport shuttle, free shuttle, shuttle service

A tool that carries thread from side to side through other threads when cloth is being made.

• She passed the shuttle through the threads.
• The wooden shuttle holds a small roll of yarn.
• He made two shuttles for his new loom.

Common phrases: weaving shuttle, wooden shuttle, loom shuttle

To move, or send something, repeatedly between two places.

• He shuttles between home and work.
• We shuttled documents between the offices all afternoon.
• She spent years shuttling back and forth between two cities.

How to use it: shuttle between A and B (She shuttles between London and Paris for work.); shuttle something between A and B (They shuttle files between the two offices.)

Similar words: go back and forth

Common phrases: shuttle between places, shuttle back, shuttle documents between offices

To take people between places using a regular bus or similar transport service.

• They shuttle guests to the airport.
• Small buses shuttled passengers between the terminals.
• Will the hotel shuttle us back after dinner?

How to use it: shuttle someone to/from somewhere (A bus shuttles visitors to the museum.); shuttle someone between A and B (Drivers shuttle guests between the hotel and the beach.)

Similar words: transport, ferry

Common phrases: shuttle guests, shuttle people around, shuttle passengers between terminals