different between bus vs hook

English

Etymology

Clipping of omnibus. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?s/, enPR: b?s
  • (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /b?s/
  • (General Australian, General New Zealand, Received Pronunciation, Scotland, Mid-Atlantic) IPA^(key): /b?s/
  • (Northern Cities Vowel Shift, Ireland) IPA^(key): /b?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

bus (plural buses or busses)

1. (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
2. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
3. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
4. (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.

Synonyms

• (electrical conductor): electrical bus, busbar, digit trunk
• (vehicle): autobus, coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, multibus, omnibus, Shillibeer (obsolete)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See bus/translations § Noun.

Verb

bus (third-person singular simple present busses or buses, present participle bussing or busing, simple past and past participle bussed or bused)

1. (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
2. (transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
   • 1966, Phil Ochs, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal", Phils Ochs in Concert.

   • 2008, Ashley R. Holm, Racial Differences in Student Engagement and Attainment: A Study of Topeka High School, 1939--1984, ProQuest ?ISBN, page 23

     ...to strike down Detroit's federal court order to bus students across school district lines for the purpose of desegregation and therefore nullify many busing programs throughout the country.

3. (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
4. (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.

   He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
5. (intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.

   He’s been bussing for minimum wage.

Usage notes

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings buses, busing, and bused, implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada.

Derived terms

• (clear meal remains): busboy

Translations

See bus/translations § Verb.

Anagrams

• SBU, UBS, USB, sub, sub-, sub.

Afrikaans

Noun

bus (plural busse, diminutive bussie)

1. (automotive) bus

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?bus/
• Homophone: vos (Central)

Etymology 1

Cognate to Spanish buso (“underwater snail”) and Portuguese búzio (“underwater snail”), from Latin b?cina (“horn”).

Noun

bus m or f (plural bussos)

1. diver

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Norse buza (“big wide ship”).

Noun

bus m (plural bussos)

1. (archaic) A large sailing ship used in the 12th and 13th centuries, broad of beam and with two or three masts.

Etymology 3

Probably from Persian ???? (bus, “kiss”).

Noun

bus m (plural busos)

1. (archaic) flattery

Usage notes

Only found in the phrase fer lo bus (“to kiss up”).

Etymology 4

Clipping of autobús.

Noun

bus m (plural busos)

1. bus (vehicle)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

bus m (plural busos)

1. bus (electrical connector)

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Italian bus, a clipping of omnibus, from French omnibus.

Noun

bus m

1. (Luserna) bus (vehicle)

References

• “bus” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Noun

bus m

1. bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)

Synonyms

• autobus

Danish

Etymology

Shortening of omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bus/, [b?us]

Noun

bus c (singular definite bussen, plural indefinite busser)

1. bus, coach

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?s/
• Hyphenation: bus
• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

Shortening of omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”).

Noun

bus m (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)

1. (transport) bus, omnibus (vehicle)
2. (transport, in diminutive) minibus, minivan
3. bus (electrical conductor)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch busse, from Old Dutch *bussa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhs?.

Noun

bus f (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)

1. A container, a box, a tin.
2. A bushing.
3. (chiefly historical) One of a variety of early modern firearms, such as flintlock and matchlock guns.
4. (dated, Netherlands) A voluntary sick fund, especially before the introduction of universal health care in the Netherlands in the 1940s.

Derived terms

Related terms

• buks

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: bis (“letterbox, mailbox”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry. Related to etymology 2.

Verb

bus

1. first-person singular present indicative of bussen
2. imperative of bussen

French

Etymology 1

Clipping of omnibus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bys/
• Homophones: busse, busses, bussent

Noun

bus m or f (plural bus)

1. bus

Synonyms

• autobus

Derived terms

• arrêt de bus
• bus accordéon
• service rapide par bus

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by/
• Homophones: bu, bue, bues, but, bût

Verb

bus

1. first-person singular past historic of boire
2. second-person singular past historic of boire

Verb

bus m pl

1. masculine plural of the past participle of boire

Further reading

• “bus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bus, from Latin omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?s] (standard)
• IPA^(key): [?b?s], [?b?s] (dialect, nonstandard)
• Hyphenation: bus

Noun

bus (plural bus-bus, first-person possessive busku, second-person possessive busmu, third-person possessive busnya)

1. bus: a motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

Alternative forms

• bis (nonstandard)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, related to hembus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?s/
• Hyphenation: bus

Noun

bus (first-person possessive busku, second-person possessive busmu, third-person possessive busnya)

1. wind

Further reading

• “bus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??s?]

Noun

bus m (genitive singular bus, nominative plural busanna)

1. bus
2. (computing) bus

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "bus" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “bus” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “bus” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Lithuanian

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b?s]

Verb

bùs

1. third-person singular future of b?ti
2. third-person plural future of b?ti
3. third-person singular future of busti
4. third-person plural future of busti

Lombard

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?s/

Noun

bus m

1. hole

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bussus, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (“to swell, bulge”).

Noun

bus (gender unknown)

1. (rare, poetic) lip

Descendants

• Irish: pus
• Scottish Gaelic: bus

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “4 bus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “*bussu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 84

Norman

Verb

bus

1. first-person singular preterite of baithe

Polish

Etymology

Contraction of autobus, borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bus/

Noun

bus m anim (diminutive busik)

1. (colloquial) bus

Declension

Further reading

• bus in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romagnol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bus/

Noun

bus m

1. hole
   • September 2012, Daniela Cortesi, Bônanòta in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:

     un sorg e’ cor in priscia int e’ su bus.

     a mouse runs hastily towards its hole.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus?/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish bus.

Noun

bus m (genitive singular buis, plural buis or busan)

1. mouth

   Synonym: beul

2. pout (facial expression)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

bus m (genitive singular bus, plural busaichean)

1. bus

Mutation

Somali

Noun

bus ?

1. dust

Spanish

Etymology

Shortening of autobús or borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bus/, [?bus]

Noun

bus m (plural buses)

1. Clipping of autobús; bus

   Synonym: autobús

Derived terms

• bus de cortesía

Related terms

Swedish

Etymology

From the verb busa (“to do mischief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??s/, [b???s]
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

bus n (uncountable)

1. very innocent mischief, prank

   Trick or Treat is often translated with Bus eller godis

2. general noise or trouble made by gangs of youths

Declension

Derived terms

• busig
• NetBus

Anagrams

• sub

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bus/

Noun

bus

1. bus (vehicle)

Related terms

• sasakyan
• kotse
• transit

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bush.

Pronunciation

Noun

bus

1. bush (remote rural areas)

Derived terms

• bus kanaka

West Flemish

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch busch, variant of bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bus n

1. forest

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Same as Dutch "bus", but is it derived from that or shortened from "omnibus" independently?”)

Noun

bus m

1. bus

English

Etymology

From Middle English hoke, from Old English h?c, from Proto-West Germanic *h?k, from Proto-Germanic *h?kaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ho?ok, IPA^(key): /h?k/
• (sometimes in Northern England, otherwise obsolete) enPR: ho?ok IPA^(key): /hu?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

hook (plural hooks)

1. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
2. A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
3. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
4. The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
5. The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
6. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
7. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
8. A snare; a trap.
9. (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
10. (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.

11. (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
12. (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
13. (authorship) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
14. (bridge, slang) A finesse.
15. (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
16. (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
17. (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
18. (nautical, informal) A ship's anchor.
19. (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.

    Synonym: endpoint

20. (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
21. (typography) a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ?.
22. (typography, rare) a há?ek.
    • 2003, Language Issues XV–XVIII, page 36

      Common diacritics in Slavonic language are the hook ? (as in ha?ek – Czech for ‘hook’) and the stroke ´ (robi? – Polish for ‘do/make’).

    • 2003, David Adams, The Song and Duet Texts of Antonín Dvo?ák, page 168

      In Czech, palatalization is normally indicated by the symbol ?, called ha?ek or “hook.”

    • 2004, Keesing’s Record of World Events L:i–xii, page unknown

      In detailing the proposed shortening of the Czech Republic to ?esko…the hook (hacek) erroneously appeared over the letter “e” instead of the “C”.

23. Senses relating to sports.
    1. (baseball) A curveball.

    2. (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
    3. (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
    4. (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
    5. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
    6. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
24. (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
25. (slang) A prostitute.

    Synonym: hooker

    • 1983, G. W. Levi Kamel, Downtown Street Hustlers (page 160)

      I was talkin' to a couple of the 'hooks' (female prostitutes) I know.

26. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
    • 1885, Michael Davitt, Leaves from a Prison Diary (page 18)

      He preceded me to Dartmoor, where I found his fame even more loudly trumpeted than ever, especially by Manchester “hooks” (pickpockets), who boast of being the rivals of the “Cocks,” or Londoners, in the art of obtaining other people's property without paying for it.

    • 2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their Behavior Pattern (page 58)

      "Everybody's a tool over there. Everybody's a hook, except them four guys on the points of the compass. They are eight or ten strong over there." But all professional pickpockets, however expert or however clumsy, operate on the basis of the situation just outlined.

Hyponyms

• grappling hook

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. Template:isbn

Verb

hook (third-person singular simple present hooks, present participle hooking, simple past and past participle hooked)

1. (transitive) To attach a hook to.

2. (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

3. (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
4. (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.

5. (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.

6. (Britain, US, slang, archaic) To steal.
7. (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).

8. (usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.

9. (cricket, golf) To play a hook shot.
10. (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
11. (field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

12. (soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.
13. (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.

14. (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
15. (bridge, slang) To finesse.
16. (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
17. (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.

Derived terms

• hooker
• hook up

Translations

References

Anagrams

• OHKO

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch hoek (“corner, angle”), from Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-Germanic *h?kaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
• The hyper-correction influenced by the cognate English hook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?k?]

Noun

hook (first-person possessive hookku, second-person possessive hookmu, third-person possessive hooknya)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of huk (“land or building at the corner”).