Synonyms of the word shuttle


SHUTTLEBIRD - BIRDIE - BOBBIN - GO - LOCOMOTE - MOVE - REEL - SHUTTLECOCK - SPOOL - TRAVEL

shuttle

  • n. (weaving) The part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads.
  • n. The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper…
  • n. A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two places, sometimes more.
  • n. Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.
  • n. Any other item that moves repeatedly back and forth between two positions, possibly transporting something…
  • n. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
  • v. (intransitive) To go back and forth between two places.
  • v. (transitive) To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service.

bird

  • n. A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having…
  • n. (slang) A man, fellow.
  • n. (Britain, US, slang) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
  • n. (Britain, Ireland, slang) Girlfriend.
  • n. (slang) An airplane.
  • n. (slang) A satellite.
  • n. (obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
  • v. To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
  • v. To catch or shoot birds.
  • v. (figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
  • n. A prison sentence.
  • n. The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
  • n. (Asian slang) A penis.

birdie

  • n. (diminutive) A bird; a birdling.
  • n. (golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
  • n. (badminton) A shuttlecock.
  • n. (Philippines, slang) A man's penis.
  • n. (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
  • n. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
  • n. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index…
  • v. (intransitive, golf) To score a birdie.
  • v. (transitive, golf) To score a birdie.

bobbin

  • n. A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
  • n. In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
  • n. The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
  • n. (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

go

  • v. To move.
  • v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  • v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
  • v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
  • v. (intransitive) To attend.
  • v. To proceed.
  • v. To follow or travel along (a path).
  • v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  • v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  • v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
  • v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  • v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  • v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
  • v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
  • v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
  • v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  • v. To pass, to be used up.
  • v. (intransitive) To die.
  • v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
  • v. To break down or apart.
  • v. (intransitive) To be sold.
  • v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
  • v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
  • v. To say (something), to make a sound.
  • v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  • v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
  • v. To apply or subject oneself to.
  • v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
  • v. (intransitive) To date.
  • v. To attack.
  • v. To be in general; to be usually.
  • v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  • v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
  • n. (uncommon) The act of going.
  • n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
  • n. An attempt, a try.
  • n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
  • n. An act; the working or operation.
  • n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
  • n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
  • n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
  • n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
  • n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
  • n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
  • n. A period of activity.
  • n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
  • n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

locomote

  • v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

reel

  • n. A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
  • n. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
  • n. (textiles) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen…
  • n. (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine,…
  • n. (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
  • v. To wind on a reel.
  • v. To spin or revolve repeatedly.
  • v. To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
  • v. To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
  • v. (reel back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
  • v. To make or cause to reel.
  • v. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
  • v. To be in shock.
  • v. (obsolete) To roll.

shuttlecock

  • n. (badminton) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in…
  • n. (dated) The game of badminton.
  • v. To move rapidly back and forth.
  • v. To send or toss back and forth; to bandy.

spool

  • n. A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
  • n. (computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
  • v. To wind on a spool or spools.
  • v. (computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for…
  • n. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

travel

  • v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
  • v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
  • v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
  • v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
  • v. (transitive) To force to journey.
  • v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
  • n. The act of traveling.
  • n. pl A series of journeys.
  • n. pl An account of one's travels.
  • n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
  • n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
  • n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

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