bus·ing

[buhs-ing]
noun
the transporting of public-school students by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial balance.
Also, bus·sing.

Origin:
1885–90; bus1 (v.) + -ing1, spelled irregular with single s, perhaps to avoid association with buss1

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bus

1 [buhs] noun, plural bus·es, bus·ses, verb, bused or bussed, bus·ing or bus·sing.
noun
1.
a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
2.
a similar horse-drawn vehicle.
3.
a passenger automobile or airplane used in a manner resembling that of a bus.
4.
any vehicle operated to transport children to school.
5.
a low, movable filing cabinet.
6.
Electricity. Also called bus bar, bus·bar [buhs-bahr] . 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.
7.
Computers. a circuit that connects the CPU with other devices in a computer.
verb (used with object)
8.
to convey or transport by bus: to bus the tourists to another hotel.
9.
to transport (pupils) to school by bus, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.
verb (used without object)
10.
to travel on or by means of a bus: We bused to New York on a theater trip.
Idioms
11.
throw under the bus. throw ( def 57 ).
Origin:
1825–35; short for omnibus; (def 6) short for omnibus bar

Can be confused: bussed, bust.
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bus

2 [buhs] .
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), bused or bussed, bus·ing or bus·sing.
to work or act as a busboy or busgirl: She bused for her meals during her student days.
Origin:
1830–40; back formation from busboy

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bus (bʌs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n , pl buses, busses
1.  More formal name: omnibus, Sometimes called: motorbus a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers between stopping places along a regular route
2.  short for trolleybus
3.  (modifier) of or relating to a bus or buses: a bus driver; a bus station
4.  informal a car or aircraft, esp one that is old and shaky
5.  electronics, computing short for busbar
6.  the part of a MIRV missile payload containing the re-entry vehicles and guidance and thrust devices
7.  astronautics a platform in a space vehicle used for various experiments and processes
8.  miss the bus to miss an opportunity; be too late
 
—vb , buses, busses, buses, busing, bused, busses, bussing, bussed
9.  to travel or transport by bus
10.  chiefly (US), (Canadian) to transport (children) by bus from one area to a school in another in order to create racially integrated classes
 
[C19: short for omnibus]

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bus
1832, abbreviation of omnibus (q.v.). The English word is simply a Latin dative plural ending. The verb meaning "transport students to integrate schools" is first recorded 1961. Verb meaning "clear tables in a restaurant" is first attested 1913, probably from the four-wheeled
cart used to carry dishes. Related: Bused; busing. To miss the bus, in the figurative sense, is from 1915. Busman's holiday "leisure time spent doing what one does for a living" (1893) is probably a reference to London bus drivers riding the buses on their days off.
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busing definition


The movement of students from one neighborhood to a school in another neighborhood, usually by bus and usually to break down de facto segregation of public schools.

Note: A Supreme Court decision in 1971 ruling that busing was an appropriate means of achieving integrated schools (see integration) was received with widespread, sometimes violent, resistance, particularly among whites into whose neighborhoods and schools black children were to be bused. In 1991, the Court ruled that school districts could end busing if they had done everything “practicable” to eliminate the traces of past discrimination.
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Example sentences
The intent of the grants is not to provide travel, busing or field trips.
One huge negative is that running two parallel systems is hugely expensive and
  involves a ridiculous amount of busing.
Such busing is referred to as non-mandated or courtesy busing.
Until human beings cleanse themselves of bigotry, busing will do nothing to
  bridge the gap between the races.
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