shuttle

shuttle is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
2. noun. The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
3. noun. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
4. intransitive verb. To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
5. noun. bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
6. noun. public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
7. noun. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

   Synonyms: bird, birdie, shuttlecock

8. verb. travel back and forth between two points

Synonyms

bird, birdie, shuttlecock

Common word forms

shuttled, shuttler, shuttles, shuttling

Words from these letters

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