How to pronounce shuttle
American English pronunciation
SHUT-ul
- IPA
- /ˈʃʌtəl/
- Syllables
- SHUT · ul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What shuttle means
Most people know shuttle in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A tool that carries thread back and forth in weaving
In a sentence: Grandma's shuttle zipped across the loom, pulling the yarn behind it.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word for a dart or arrow. The weaver shoots it across the threads, a use first written down in 1338.
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