Thesaurus: shuttle

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1. n. An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
2. n. The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
3. n. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
4. v. i. To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
5. n. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
6. n. public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points
7. n. bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
8. v. travel back and forth between two points
9. To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the big Babel, whereverhis calls and pauses had to be. Carlyle.
10. v:7/n:93 n. public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points n. bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads v. travel back and forth between two points