noun / verb
shuttle
SHUT-uhl/ˈʃʌtl/
A carrier moving repeatedly back and forth.
The airport shuttle runs between the parking area and the terminal.
Etymology
From a word for a dart or arrow, shuttle named a weaving tool “shot” across the threads. Its repeated back-and-forth movement supplied the image for a vehicle or service traveling repeatedly between places.
In context
to drive the shuttle and to pick people up from the airport and also take them back
More examples
- Volunteers shuttle supplies from the warehouse to the shelter.
- Two vans shuttle back and forth between the campuses.
- The weaver passes the shuttle back and forth through the threads.
Forms
shuttle · shuttles · shuttled · shuttling