n.
(pl. buses; US also busses)
- a large motor vehicle carrying paying passengers on a fixed route.
- Computing a distinct set of conductors within a computer system, to which pieces of equipment may be connected in parallel.
v.
(busses, bussing, bussed or buses, busing, bused)
- transport or travel in a bus.
▸US transport (a child of one ethnic group) to a school where another is predominant.
- N. Amer. clear (dirty crockery) in a restaurant or cafeteria.
Derivative
Etymology
C19: shortening of omnibus.