Bus Definition

bŭs
bused, buses, busing, bussed, busses, bussing
noun
buses
A large, long motor vehicle designed to carry many passengers, usually along a regular route; omnibus.
Webster's New World
An automobile.
Webster's New World
A four-wheeled cart for carrying dishes in a restaurant.
American Heritage
A heavy copper bar, strap, or other similar conductor that is not insulated, usually carries a large current, and connects many electrical circuits.
Webster's New World
A bus bar.
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Synonyms:
verb
bussed, bussing
To transport by bus; specif., to transport (children) by busing.
Webster's New World
To transport (schoolchildren) by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.
American Heritage
In a restaurant, cafeteria, etc., to clear dirty dishes from.
To bus tables.
Webster's New World
To go by bus.
Webster's New World
To do the work of a busboy.
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Business.
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idiom
throw someone under the bus
  • to sacrifice or abandon (a comrade, associate, etc.) as to protect or benefit oneself
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Other Word Forms of Bus

Noun

Singular:
bus
Plural:
busses, buses

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bus

  • throw someone under the bus

Origin of Bus

  • Shortening of omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”). The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for omnibus V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from busboy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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