a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.

the sliding container that carries the lower thread in a sewing machine.

a public conveyance, as a train, airplane, or bus, that travels back and forth at regular intervals over a particular route, esp. a short route or one connecting two transportation systems.

shuttlecock ( def. 1 ) .

( often initial capital letter ) space shuttle.

to cause (someone or something) to move to and fro or back and forth by or as if by a shuttle

They shuttled me all over the seventh floor.

to move to and fro

constantly shuttling between city and suburb.

noun

airplane , plane , shuttle bus , spacecraft , spaceport , train , transporter

verb

commute , drive back and forth , go back and forth , transport to and fro , travel