The original meaning of the word shuttle is the Shuttle (weaving), 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, 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, 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 (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 spaceplane, 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), ''Shuttle'' (film), a 2008 thriller film * Shuttle (video game), ''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, vector that shuttles between species, biochemistry, genetics

Sports

* 20-yard shuttle, test performed by American football players * Shuttlecock or birdie, the object batted back and forth in badminton

Other uses

* Shuttle, school bullying in South Korea * Shuttle Inc., a manufacturer of small form-factor computers * Shuttle trading, a form of goods distribution * , a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919 * Shuttle (weaving), Shuttle used by a weavers at textile mill or on a loom.