bus
A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
Noun 4 meanings
A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
“I'm on the bus.”
Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
Verb 4 meanings
To transport via a motor bus.
To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
To travel by bus.
To clear meal remains from.
“He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.”
Etymology
Clipping of omnibus. Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping. The shift in spelling likely reflects the fact that modern speakers no longer perceive this term as a clipping. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.
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BUS at a glance
BUS has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + S 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,510 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bus
All rhymes- SYLLABUS13
- AIRBUS8
- OMNIBUS11
- MINIBUS11
- NIMBUS10
- REBUS7
- SUCCUBUS14
- INCUBUS11
- PHOEBUS14
- JACOBUS18
- GLOBUS9
- RHOMBUS14
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