bus

Meaning

Noun

1. A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
2. (Canada, US) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
3. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
4. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
5. (slang) An ambulance.
6. (slang) An aeroplane.
7. A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.

Verb

1. (transitive) To transport via a motor bus.
2. (US, transitive) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
3. (intransitive) To travel by bus.

Verb

1. (US, transitive) To clear meal remains from.
2. (US, intransitive) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.

Synonyms

omnibus

coach

autobus

motorbus

truck

🚚

bus topology

double-decker

car

🚗

jitney

motorcoach

bus bar

heap

trunk

motor bus

jalopy

motor coach

charabanc

passenger vehicle

busbar

stage

bus-bar

bus line

motor-coach

passenger bus

generating line

jeepney

local

main lead

collecting main

auto bus

large-size passenger bus

big-bus

concentration line

omnibus rod

aid

bus wire

another time

assist

boneshaker

channel

class

fleet

group

help

highway

party

🥳

passenger car

streetcar

time

⌚

train

🚋

Translations

Bus

🚌

bus

🚌

autobus

🚌

autobús

🚌

autobus

🚌

autobus

🚌

bus

🚌

λεωφορείο

autocarro

🚌

Omnibus

ônibus

🚌

otobüs

🚌

bus

corriera

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʌs/

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 Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping.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.

Sentences

Try to make eye contact with a stranger on the bus , and hold it for five seconds , without speaking .

A bus shuttle took us from the airport to the metro .