bus

noun

/bʌs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibusclip. English bus 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 Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping.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.

derived from omnibusclip
derived from omnibusbor
derived from *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor✻
derived from *h₃ep-der✻

Definitions

1
A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
- I'm on the bus.
- I can't read on the bus because I get sick.
2
Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
- “Excuse me,” said the stranger, who turned out to be a youth in motorcycling kit, “but could you give me a hand with my bus?”
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more…
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
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1. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
2. An ambulance.
3. An aeroplane.
4. A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.
5. 8
  To transport via a motor bus.
  - The ANC has accused the IFP of bussing in voters from other wards to vote during the recent Newcastle Municipality by-election won by the IFP.
6. 9
  To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of…
  To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
  - But if you ask me to bus my children / I hope the cops take down your name
  - ...to strike down Detroit's federal court order to bus students across school district lines for the purpose of desegregation and therefore nullify many busing programs throughout the country.
7. To travel by bus.
8. 11
  To clear meal remains from.
  - He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
  - He was hired to bus tables, but after a few incidents they moved him to the kitchen.
9. 12
  To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters
  To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
  - He’s been bussing for minimum wage.

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Derived

address bus, Airbus, and then everyone on the bus clapped, articulated bus, baht bus, banana bus, bangbus, battle bus, battlebus, bendy bus, boo-boo bus, bookbus, Boris bus, busable, busbar, bus bar, bus boy, bus bridge, bus buddy, bus bulb, bus captain, bus conductor, bus conductress, bus driver, bus duct, bus factor, bus fare, busful, bus girl, busgirl, bus-holder, busjacking, bus-keeper, bus lane, busless, buslike, bus line, busload, busman, bus mastering · +96 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bus. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at bus. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at bus

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA