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bus·ses

   [buhs-iz]
noun
a plural of bus1.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Origin:
1825–35; short for omnibus; (def. 6) short for omnibus bar

Can be confused: bussed, bust.

buss

   [buhs]
noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
kiss.
Origin:
1560–70; perhaps blend of obsolete bass kiss and obsolete cuss kiss (cognate with German Kuss; replacing Middle English, Old English coss (cognate with Old Norse koss))

Can be confused: bus, buss.

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
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
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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.

buss
"a kiss," 1560s; probably of imitative origin, as are Welsh and Gael. bus "kiss, lip," Fr. baiser "kiss" (12c., from L. basiare), Sp. buz, Ger. dial. Buss.
Kissing and bussing differ both in this,
We busse our wantons, but our wives we kisse.
[Robert Herrick, "Hesperides," 1648]
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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