Synonyms for shuttle
ˈʃʌt lshut·tle

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1. shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttlenoun

   badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

   Synonyms:
   shuttlecock, fowl, wench, bird, razzing, skirt, birdie, snort, chick, hiss, boo, hoot, raspberry, razz, doll, dame

2. shuttlenoun

   public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points

   Synonyms:
   birdie, bird, shuttlecock

3. shuttleverb

   bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads

   Synonyms:
   birdie, bird, shuttlecock

4. shuttleverb

   travel back and forth between two points

Matched Categories

1. • Badminton Equipment
   • Travel

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1. List of paraphrases for "shuttle":

   navette, shuttles, commuter, ship, ferry, commute, spaceship, rapeseed

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1. Barbara Ehrenreich:

   Upscale young men seem to go for the kind of woman who plays with a full deck of credit cards, who won't cry when she's knocked to the ground while trying to board the six o clock Eastern shuttle, and whose schedule doesn't allow for a sexual encounter lasting more than twelve minutes.

2. Mark Geyer:

   It is, I think, consistent with those -- the beginning of shuttle and beginning of Apollo, i think it's in the same category.

3. New Hampshire Perry:

   They didn't hand me a manual to say, 'Here's how you deal with a space shuttle disintegrating in your state,'.

4. Dana Rohrabacher:

   The space shuttle is the most effective device known to man for destroying dollar bills.

5. Ronald Reagan:

   The distance between the present system and our proposal is like comparing the distance between a Model T and the space shuttle. And I should know I've seen both.