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shutˇtle
 (sh  t  l)
KEY
NOUN:
- A device used in weaving to carry the woof thread back and forth between the warp threads.
- A device for holding the thread in tatting and netting and in a sewing machine.
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- Regular travel back and forth over an established, often short route by a vehicle.
- A vehicle used in such travel:
took the shuttle across town.
- A route used by a vehicle in such travel:
the Washington-New York air shuttle.
- A space shuttle.
- Travel between disputing parties by a diplomatic intermediary.
VERB:
shutˇtled
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shutˇtling
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shutˇtles
VERB:
intr.
- To go, move, or travel back and forth by or as if by a shuttle:
business people who shuttle between European capitals.
VERB:
tr.
- To cause to move back and forth frequently.
- To transport by or as if by a shuttle:
shuttle a scientific payload to an orbiting space station.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English shutille, from Old English scytel, dart; see skeud- in Indo-European roots
OTHER FORMS:
shuttler
(Noun)
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