bus

/bʌs/ · /bɔs/

Etymology 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 Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping.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 terms

137 terms

address bus, airbus, 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, busmate, bus mile, bus ministry, bus pass, bus plunge, bus rapid transit, bus replacement service, bus route, bus shelter, bussick, bus stand, bus station, bus stop, bus stop chicane, bus-stop flight, bussy, bustaurant, bus test, bustitute, bustitution, bus topology, bus trap, bus war, busway, catch the bus, cheese bus, chicken bus, city bus, citybus, commuter bus, control bus, corporation bus, data bus, double-decker bus, drive the porcelain bus, e-bus, electric bus, enterprise service bus, face like the back end of a bus, frontside bus, front-side bus, gyrobus, helibus, horse bus, how do I get to the bus station, kneeling bus, like the back end of a bus, London bus, metrobus, microbus, minibus, miss the bus, multibus, national school bus chrome, on the other bus, open-top bus, owl bus, park the beef bus in tuna town, park the bus, party bus, pedibus, peripheral bus, playbus, porcelain bus, public utility bus, put on a bus, railbus, ride the short bus, rubberneck bus, satellite bus, school bus, school bus yellow, shuttle bus, sleeper bus, spacecraft bus, splitter bus, stage bus, straddling bus, struggle bus, superbus, system bus, taxibus, telebus, the wheels came off the bus, the wheels fell off the bus, throw under a bus, throw under the bus, tour bus, transit bus, trolleybus, trolley bus, walking bus, walking school bus, waterbus, water bus, where does this bus go