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bus I. \ˈbəs\ noun (plural bus·es or bus·ses \-sə̇z\) Usage: often attributive Etymology: short for omnibus 1. a. : a large motor-driven vehicle designed to carry passengers usually according to a schedule along a fixed route but sometimes under charter for a special trip (as by a social group or an athletic team) < sightseeing bus > < bus station > < the bus is usually on time > b. : any vehicle either publicly owned or privately owned and operated for compensation used for transporting children to or from school c. : any of various conveyances resembling a bus (as in carrying passengers or traveling a fixed route according to a schedule) < up the Grand Canal by water bus — Nigel Balchin > < a horse bus > < a milk bus > d. slang : automobile < not a bad old bus — A.J.Cronin > e. : a hand-pushed usually 4-wheeled vehicle used typically for carrying dishes in a restaurant 2. : busboy 3. or bus bar : an assembly of conductors usually bare but supported on insulators for collecting electric currents from sources and distributing them to outgoing feeders II. verb (bused or bussed \ˈbəst\ ; bused or bussed \“\ ; busing or bussing \ˈbəsiŋ\ ; buses or busses \ˈbəsə̇z\) intransitive verb 1. : to travel by bus 2. : to work as a busboy or bus girl < made extra money bussing at a nearby restaurant > transitive verb : to move or transport by bus < bus children to school > III. \ˈbəs\ variant of bas IV. abbreviation business V. noun 1. : a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (as probes or warheads) 2. : a set of parallel conductors in a computer or computer system that forms a main data transmission path |