The original meaning of the word shuttle is the device used in weaving to carry the weft. By reference to the continual to-and-fro motion associated with that, the term was then applied in transportation and then in other spheres. Thus the word may now also refer to:

Transport

Air transport

* Air shuttle, a type of flight which quickly connects nearby destinations * Delta Shuttle, the brand name for Delta Air Lines' air shuttle service * Rossi Shuttle Quik, an Italian ultralight trike design * Shuttle America, a regional airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana *

Shuttle by United Shuttle by United was an "airline within an airline" operated as a subsidiary of United Airlines from 1994 to 2001 along the West Coast of the United States. It operated from San Francisco International Airport and Los Angeles Internationa ...

, a regional airline operated as a subsidiary of United Airlines * Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, modified Boeing 747 airliners used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters * US Airways Shuttle, the brand name for an hourly service offered by US Airways * The call sign for domestic (UK internal) British Airways flights - international flights use Speedbird

Land transport

Automotive brands

* Fit Shuttle, the station wagon version of Honda Fit *Honda Shuttle, the first generation Honda Odyssey

Mass transit

Transport systems operating at frequent intervals on a short, (mostly) non-stop route between two places * Shuttle bus service * Shuttle train service ** Car shuttle train *** Eurotunnel Shuttle, the car-carrying trains used in the Channel Tunnel ** S (New York City Subway service), three shuttle train routes ***

42nd Street Shuttle The 42nd Street Shuttle is a New York City Subway shuttle train service that operates in Manhattan. The shuttle is sometimes referred to as the Grand Central/Times Square Shuttle, since these are the only two stations it serves. The shuttle runs ...

, shuttle train between Grand Central and Port Authority *** Franklin Avenue Shuttle *** Rockaway Park Shuttle ** Shuttle (Amtrak) * Shuttle van, a New Zealand term for shared taxis

Spacecraft

* ''Buran''-class shuttle, the vehicle for the Soviet Buran programme. * Space Shuttle, the vehicle for the NASA Space Shuttle program from 1981 to 2011. ** Space Shuttle orbiter, a space plane, the crewed part of the Space Shuttle. * Shuttle (spacecraft type), a smaller spacecraft used for ship-to-ship and ship-to-ground transport in theory and science fiction

Places

* River Shuttle, a river of southeast London in England

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Shuttle'' (film), a 2008 thriller film * ''Shuttle'' (video game), a video game produced by Virgin * Shuttling (patience term), a method of play in patience and solitaire games

Sciences and technology

* Molecular shuttles, a molecule capable of nano scale transportation * Multi-project wafer service (, MPW) shuttle, an integrated circuit production run for multi-chip or multi-project wafers * Shuttle bombing, a World War II strategic bombing tactic *

Shuttle vector A shuttle vector is a vector (usually a plasmid) constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species. Therefore, DNA inserted into a shuttle vector can be tested or manipulated in two different cell types. The main advantage of these ...

, vector that shuttles between species, biochemistry, genetics

Sports

20-yard shuttle The NFL Scouting Combine is a week-long showcase occurring every February at Lucas Oil Stadium (and formerly at the RCA Dome until 2008) in Indianapolis, where college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of National Footba ...

, test performed by American football players *

Shuttlecock A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base. T ...

or birdie, the object batted back and forth in badminton

Other uses

* Shuttle, school

bullying Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imba ...

in South Korea * Shuttle Inc., a manufacturer of small form-factor computers *

Shuttle trading Shuttle traders (russian: челноки, lit=shuttles, translit=chelnoki; ) were people engaged in the practice of shuttle trading in late Soviet Union and post-soviet states in which traders shuttle backwards and forwards in and out of the countr ...

, a form of goods distribution * , a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919 *

Shuttle The original meaning of the word shuttle is the device used in weaving to carry the weft. By reference to the continual to-and-fro motion associated with that, the term was then applied in transportation and then in other spheres. Thus the word ma ...

used by a weavers at textile mill or on a

loom A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but th ...