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shunpike

shunpike noun: a side road or route.

Noun

shunpike (plural shunpikes)

  1. A side road or route.
    • In 1821 the selectmen were petitioned to lay out a new road in Hampton, beginning at Vittum's corner, so called, [junction of Towle Farm Road & Exeter Road] and running to the line of Hampton Falls at the shunpike bridge, so called.1988: Joseph Dow's History of Hampton (New Hampshire), (referring to a bridge built to avoid a turnpike toll)

Verb

shunpike (third-person singular simple present shunpikes, present participle shunpiking, simple past and past participle shunpiked)

  1. To travel by side roads so as to avoid the toll roads or turnpikes.

Forms of shunpike

Noun
pluralshunpikes
Verb
third-person singular presentshunpikes
present participleshunpiking
past participleshunpiked
pastshunpiked

Origin of shunpike

Blend of shun + turnpike.

Questions about shunpike

What does shunpike mean?
Shunpike means a side road or route.
What part of speech is shunpike?
Shunpike can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of shunpike?
The plural of shunpike is shunpikes.

Words near shunpike in the dictionary

  1. shunners
  2. shunnest
  3. shunneth
  4. shunning
  5. shunnings
  6. shunpike
  7. shunpiked
  8. shunpiker
  9. shunpikers
  10. shunpikes
  11. shunpiking

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