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Verb: shuttle  shút(u)l
  1. Travel back and forth between two points
Noun: shuttle  shút(u)l
  1. Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
    - shuttlecock, bird, birdie
     
  2. Public transport that consists of a bus or train or aeroplane that plies back and forth between two points
     
  3. Bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads

Derived forms: shuttled, shuttles, shuttling

Type of: badminton equipment, bobbin, go, locomote, move, public transport, reel, spool, travel

Encyclopedia: Shuttle