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to bus

to bus

3 7.0
To clear dishes from tables in a restaurant
  • verb
  • /bʌs/
  • US
: recoger las mesas
  • And you got to bus the tables as soon as the customers leave.
  • to bus tables

So I'd, I'd bus tables at night during school.

Examples

Synonyms

to clear the table
vsto bus
9 1.1

Remove dishes and other things from the table after a meal

happens as a staff task in restaurants and cafes

Idioms

to ride the short bus
  • Slur
1 9.9

To call someone not smart to insult them

to park the bus
  • Literature
1 7.7

Put most players near their own goal to stop the other team from scoring

back end of a bus
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Something that looks very ugly and unpleasant

face like the back end of a bus
  • Offensive
9.9

A face that people think is very ugly

Phrasal Verbs

to take the bus
74 1.0

Go somewhere by bus

to miss the bus
16 3.8

Fail to get on a bus before it leaves or lose an important chance

to catch the bus
12 1.0

To get on a bus before it leaves

to charter a bus
1 3.3

Hire a bus only for your group, usually for a trip or event

Compounds

bus stop
89 1.0

A place where people wait for a bus to get on and off

bus driver
75 1.0

A person who takes people around by bus

school bus
69 1.0

A large bus that carries children to and from school

bus station
66 1.0

A place where buses stop and people wait to get on or off

bus ticket
23 1.0

A paper or phone pass that shows you paid to travel on a bus

bus fare
14 1.0

The money you pay to ride a bus

bus service
12 1.0

Buses that run regularly on set routes to carry people

bus route
11 1.3

A regular path a bus follows between stops

bus terminal
8 1.8

A station where people get on and off buses at the start or end of routes

bus company
8 1.6

A company that runs buses to carry people in a town or city

bus depot
6 2.5

A place where people keep, fix, and send out buses with a waiting area

shuttle bus
6 2.3

A bus that runs regularly between two places, often between hotels and airports

short bus
  • US
4 8.1

A small school bus that carries students who need extra help

bus lane
2 2.1

A part of the road only for buses so they can move faster

bus line
2 1.1

A company that runs buses on fixed routes for public transport

bus traffic
1 2.3

The movement of buses along a road or route

camping bus
1 3.4

A large vehicle with beds and a small kitchen for camping trips

cheese bus
  • Informal
1 7.9

A bright yellow school bus people call as a joke because it looks like cheese

bus plunge
1 8.4

A serious accident in which a bus falls from a bridge or cliff

bus network
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A set of computers and other machines connected to one main cable to share data

bus topology
  • Specialized
4.9

A network layout where all devices connect to one main cable

bus traffic
  • Specialized
4.2

The amount of data sent between parts of a computer over a shared connection

How Thorough

to sanitize
  • US
13 3.7
to clean
∞ 1.0
to bus
  • US
3 7.0
to clear
839 1.5
to wipe up
12 1.8

Surface Forms

bus infinitive
bused past
bused past participle
busing present participle
buses third person singular

Etymology

Bus meaning 'to clear tables' comes from the job name busboy or busser, the person who takes away plates and cleans tables, so a helpful way to remember it is to picture someone 'busing' a table clean. Therefore to bus is to remove dishes and make a table ready for the next guests.