Shuttle
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The word shuttle can have several meanings. In general, it is something which travels back and forth between places in a regular and relatively frequent manner.
- Shuttle, a device used in weaving to carry the weft. This is the original meaning.
- The Space Shuttle program.
- A spindle-shaped device holding the thread in tatting or knotting
- A public transport system operating at frequent intervals on a short route, such as a bus, train, or air shuttle, or a hybrid vehicle for hire service that combines features of a bus and a taxi. Also, the vehicle or route of the shuttle.
- Shuttle Inc. produces small form factor computers.
- Le Shuttle, the car carrying trains used in the Channel Tunnel
- Shuttlecock, the object batted back and forth in badminton
- Shuttle, in biochemistry
- Shuttle machinery, as used in extrusion blow molding
- Shuttle (game), a computer game produced by Virgin
- The 42nd Street Subway Line in New York City
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