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bus Definition

bus (bus)

noun pl. bus′es or bus′·ses

  1. a large, long motor vehicle designed to carry many passengers, usually along a regular route; omnibus
  2. Slang an automobile
  3. Elec. a heavy copper bar, strap, or other similar conductor that is not insulated, usually carries a large current, and connects many electrical circuits

Etymology: < (omni)bus

transitive verb bused or bussed, bus′·ing or bus′·sing

  1. to transport by bus; specif., to transport (children) by busing
  2. ☆ in a restaurant, cafeteria, etc., to clear dirty dishes from to bus tables

intransitive verb

  1. to go by bus
  2. ☆ to do the work of a busboy

Bus Definition

Bus

business

bus Synonyms

bus

n.

motor coach, motorbus, autobus, omnibus, passenger bus, transit vehicle, tour bus, sightseeing bus, charabanc (British), shuttle bus, school bus, interurban, limousine, common carrier, public conveyance, Greyhound (Trademark), minibus, jitney, van, double-decker, limo*.

bus* Synonyms

bus*

v.

transport, integrate (by busing), redistrict; see carry 1.

bus Telecom Definition
A common electrical conductor shared by multiple related devices.There may be a number of buses in a given system, such as a switch or router.A single bus may consist of multiple (e.g., 16 or 32) conductors.
BUS (Broadcast and Unknown Server) Telecom Definition
In LAN Emulation (LANE), a network-based server that handles broadcast and multicast traffic, as well as initial unicast frames before address resolution. See also broadcast, LANE, multicast, server, and unicast.
bus Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • catch: Meet at the Reynolds building at 6.15 to catch the rugby bus.
  • miss: This is UK 2012, not just London 2012, and we simply won't let the rest of the country miss the bus.

Adjective modifier

  • double-decker: Some of the injured were loaded onto other double-decker busses, to be taken to hospitals that rapidly became jammed.
  • bendy: Here are some of my latest articles: The menace of bendy busses Should speed limits be reduced?
  • mini: In addition, about half the cost of the mini busses is subsidized by school funds.
  • open-top: London open-top tour busses stop next to Marble Arch near to the hotel.
  • frequent: There are also frequent busses to and from the city center along Cowley and Iffley Roads.
  • vintage: Working vintage bus and narrow-gauge railroad service, traditional craftspeople, exhibitions, nature trails and more!

Modifies a noun

  • shelter: For example on average the glazing of 160 bus shelters is damaged every month, many of these on more than one occasion.
  • stop: CCTV New cameras at bus stops to improve security.
  • lane: I don't think bus lanes would have made me change my mode of travel.
  • station: BUS STATION THE people of Stanley should be proud to have such a fine new bus station.
  • route: We lobby where relevant, for example the council for a bus route, to reduce the number of cars on the road.
  • driver: He was also waving a hammer toward the bus driver.

Noun used with modifier

  • shuttle: Hop on the shuttle bus for the 5 minute ride to the BAA McArthur Glen Ashford Designer Outlet for designer goods at discount prices.
  • decker: Her dream, she continued, was to see Big Ben, and the double decker busses.
  • trolley: It carries a 56 seat Northern Coachbuilders body and sports the livery that was taken over from the trolley bus fleet.
  • courtesy: We were taken straight to the airport and only waited a few minutes for the courtesy bus on our return.
  • deck: The rolling year total for double deck busses in June was down only 24 units or 2.5 per cent to 937 units.
  • tour: Tour bus packages are the easiest way to see the countryside around Calgary in a short time.
bus Quotes

Whatever may bethereasonöwhether it wasthat Hitler thought hemight get away with what hehad got without fighting for it, or whether it was that after all the preparations were not sufficiently completeöhowever, one thing is certainöhe missed the bus.

—Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville

This bloody town's a bloody cussö No bloody trains, no bloody bus, And no one cares for bloody usö In bloody Orkney.

—Blair, Hamish pseudonym of  Andrew James Fraser Blair

O tell me the truth about love. When it comes, will it come without warning Just as I'm picking my nose? Will it knock on my door in the morning, Or tread in the bus on my toes?

—Auden,W(ystan) H(ugh)

Aunt Jane observed, the second time She tumbled off a bus, 'The step is short from the Sublime To the Ridiculous.'

—Graham, Harry