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 may now also refer to:

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

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
 * LeShuttle, 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

 * Shuttle (spacecraft type), a smaller spacecraft used for ship-to-ship and ship-to-ground transport in theory and science fiction
 * 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
 * Buran Shuttle, the vehicle for the Soviet Buran programme

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 diplomacy, an international relations tactic
 * Shuttle vector, vector that shuttles between species, biochemistry, genetics

Sports

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

Other uses

 * Shuttle (weaving), used by weavers at a textile mill or on a loom
 * Shuttle Inc., a manufacturer of small form-factor computers
 * Shuttle trading, a form of goods distribution
 * River Shuttle, a river of southeast London in England
 * USS Shuttle (SP-3572), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919
 * Shuttle, school bullying in South Korea