embus

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

em- + bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.

[edit] Verb

embus (third-person singular simple present embuss, present participle embussing, simple past and past participle embussed)

  1. To put (troops) onto a bus.
  2. To board a bus.

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Etymology

From embama +‎ -us.

[edit] Noun

embus (genitive embuse, partitive embust)

  1. hug

[edit] Declension

This Estonian entry needs an inflection template

[edit] Synonyms

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