busing

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English

Definitions

verb

To transport via a motor bus.
To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
To travel by bus.
(food service) To clear meal remains from.“He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.”

noun

The transportation of schoolchildren, by bus, to schools in other neighbourhoods in order to alleviate social inequalities or to achieve racial integration.

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Synonyms

omnibus jitney autobus motorbus double-decker motorcoach jalopy charabanc coach busbar heap racial integration rail replacement service resettlement black flight mainstreaming

Associated

bused desegregate affirmative imbalance segregation integrate segregated quotas magnet integration neighborhoods racial

Rhymes

discussing trussing pissing cussing bussing fussing mussing schussing gissing grussing

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