Definitions for busings
busings
bus·ing
Spelling: [buhs-ing]
IPA: /ˈbʌs ɪŋ/
Busings is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 108 anagrams from letters in busings (bginssu).
Definitions for busings
noun
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the transporting of students by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
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a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
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a similar horse-drawn vehicle.
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a passenger automobile or airplane used in a manner resembling that of a bus.
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any vehicle operated to transport children to school.
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a low, movable filing cabinet.
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Electricity.. Also called bus bar, busbar [buhs-bahr] /ˈbʌsˌbɑr/ (Show IPA). a heavy conductor, often made of copper in the shape of a bar, used to collect, carry, and distribute powerful electric currents, as those produced by generators.
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Computers. a circuit that connects the CPU with other devices in a computer.
Idioms
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throw under the bus. throw (def 57).
verb (used with object)
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to convey or transport by bus:
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to transport (pupils) to school by bus, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
verb (used without object)
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to travel on or by means of a bus:
verb (used with or without object)
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to work or act as a busboy or busgirl:
Origin of busings
1885-90; bus1 (v.) + -ing1, spelled irregular with single s, perhaps to avoid association with buss<
Examples for busings
Instead, busing was a failure—conceptually and substantively—because of faulty liberal assumptions.
Full integration, Colby argues, requires far more than policies like busing and affirmative action.
But it's worth remembering: busing was implemented as a total last resort.
Hell, even the band-aid of busing was enough to spark a huge backlash to civil rights laws.