busses

Noun

bus (plural buses or busses)

1. A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
   • I'm on the bus.

   Synonyms:

   autobus, coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, Shillibeer

   1. (Canada, US) A coach, a bus used for long travels.
2. (UK, dated) Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
   • “Excuse me,” said the stranger, who turned out to be a youth in motorcycling kit, “but could you give me a hand with my bus?”1927, Dorothy Sayers, Unnatural Death
3. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.

   Synonyms:

   busbar, digit trunk, electrical bus

4. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
5. (slang, medical industry) An ambulance.

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Noun (1)

buss (plural busses)

1. (archaic) A kiss.
   • Here he gave Jones a hearty buss, shook him by the hand, and took his leave.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII

Noun (2)

buss (plural busses)

1. A herring buss, a type of shallow-keeled Dutch fishing boat used especially for herring fishing.
   • the Dutch whalers and herring busses1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...

Noun (3)

buss (plural busses)

1. (archaic, slang) A blunderbuss.
   • By the immortal powers, if you had let Rory put a few slugs into the old buss, he'd have settled the baronet's hash altogether.1885, F. Claudius Armstrong, The Warhawk (page 39)

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