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shut·tle  (shŭtl)
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Tweet n. 1. a. Regular travel back and forth over an established, often short route by a vehicle. b. A vehicle used in such travel: took the shuttle across town. c. A route used by a vehicle in such travel: the Washington-New York air shuttle. d. A space shuttle. e. Travel between disputing parties by a diplomatic intermediary. 2. a. A device used in weaving to carry the weft thread back and forth between the warp threads. b. A device for holding the thread in tatting and netting and in a sewing machine. v. shut·tled, shut·tling, shut·tles v.intr. To go, move, or travel back and forth, especially by a shuttle: business people who shuttle between European capitals. v.tr. 1. To cause to move back and forth frequently. 2. To transport, especially by a shuttle: shuttle a scientific payload to an orbiting space station. [Middle English shitel, shutel, weaver's shuttle, from Old English scytel, scutel, dart; see skeud- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] shuttler n.  (click for a larger image) shuttle |
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