1. Travel back and forth between two points
   "The ferry shuttles between the mainland and the island"

1. Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
   "The players volleyed the shuttle back and forth over the net";
   - shuttlecock, bird, birdie
    
2. Public transport that consists of a bus, train or aeroplane that flies back and forth between two points
   "They took the airport shuttle to reach their hotel in the city centre"
    
3. Bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
   "The weaver deftly manipulated the shuttle as she worked on the loom"

Derived forms: shuttling, shuttles, shuttled

Type of: badminton equipment, bobbin, go, locomote, mass transit [N. Amer], move, public transport, public transportation [N. Amer], reel, spool, travel

Encyclopedia: Shuttle, The