storrow
storrow verb: of a vehicle: to collide with a bridge; to perform a bridge strike.
Verb
storrow (third-person singular simple present storrows, present participle storrowing, simple past and past participle storrowed)
- Of a vehicle: to collide with a bridge; to perform a bridge strike.
- The most amusing thing on our trip to the dentist was watching a truck storrow beneath a low bridge and get shaved like a tin can.
- Wu encouraged drivers to heed the warnings on Storrow Drive. "If you are driving a truck, do not get Storrowed," Wu said. "We want you to make sure you keep all of your stuff and do not need to get removed from under the bridge."2025 August 29, Mike Sullivan, “College students begin moving into Boston, Mayor Wu warns "do not get Storrowed"”, in CBS News
Forms of storrow
| third-person singular present | storrows |
|---|---|
| present participle | storrowing |
| past participle | storrowed |
| past | storrowed |
Origin of storrow
From Storrow Drive in Boston, Massachusetts, a parkway containing multiple low-clearance bridges which are infamous for being struck by moving vans as college students move into the city. This parkway is in turn named for businessman James J. Storrow, whose widow Helen opposed its construction.
Questions about storrow
- What does storrow mean?
- Storrow means of a vehicle: to collide with a bridge; to perform a bridge strike.
- What part of speech is storrow?
- Storrow is a verb.
- What is the past tense of storrow?
- The past tense of storrow is storrowed.
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