/ ˈʃʌtl; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
a plane, bus or train that travels regularly between two places :
a shuttle service between London and Edinburgh
2.
= space shuttle
3.
a pointed tool used in making cloth to pull a thread backwards and forwards over the other threads that pass along the length of the cloth
4.
the Shuttle [ sing. ] a train service that takes cars and their passengers through the Channel Tunnel between England and France
■ verb [+ adv. / prep. ]
1.
[ v ] shuttle (between A and B) to travel between two places frequently :
Her childhood was spent shuttling between her mother and father.
2.
[ vn ] to carry people between two places that are close, making regular journeys between the two places :
A bus shuttles passengers back and forth from the station to the terminal.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English scytel 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.