Wikipedia:
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:
Transportation
SpacecraftBuran (spacecraft), the vehicle for the Soviet space shuttle programSpace Shuttle, the vehicle for the NASA space program from 1981 to 2011Shuttlecraft, any smaller spacecraft, usually capable of atmospheric transportAir transportationDelta Shuttle, the brand name for Delta Air Lines' air shuttle serviceShuttle America, a regional airline based in Indianapolis, IndianaShuttle by United, a regional airline operated as a subsidiary of United AirlinesShuttle Carrier Aircraft, modified Boeing 747 airliners used to transport Space Shuttle orbitersUS Airways Shuttle, the brand name for an hourly service offered by US AirwaysLand transportationA public transport system operating at frequent intervals on a short, (mostly) non-stop route between two places
New York City Subway shuttlesShuttle (Amtrak)shuttle bus serviceEurotunnel Shuttle, the car-carrying trains used in the Channel TunnelShuttle van, a New Zealand term for shared taxis
Sciences and technology
Molecular shuttles, a molecule capable of nanoscale transportationShuttle vector, vector that shuttles between species, biochemistry, geneticsShuttle machinery, as used in extrusion blow moldingShuttle bombing, a World War II strategic bombing tacticMPW shuttle, an integrated circuit production run for multi-chip or multi-project wafers
Media
Shuttle (film), a 2008 thriller filmShuttle (video game), a video game produced by Virgin
Other
Shuttle Inc., a manufacturer of small form factor computersShuttlecock or birdie, the object batted back and forth in badmintonRiver Shuttle, a river of southeast London, EnglandUSS Shuttle (SP-3572), a United States navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919Shuttle (compact disc player), a device that holds multiple compact music discs which is then inserted into a multi-disc player.Shuttle (Seminconductor Wafer Fabrication), a tray used to contain multiple wafers during production which allows them to be plated.
