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turnpiking

turnpiking is the present participle and gerund of turnpike.

Meaning of turnpike

Verb

turnpike (third-person singular simple present turnpikes, present participle turnpiking, simple past and past participle turnpiked)

  1. (transitive) To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road, or into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

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Questions about turnpiking

What is turnpiking the present participle and gerund of?
Turnpiking is the present participle and gerund of turnpike.

Words near turnpiking in the dictionary

  1. turnpike sailors
  2. turnpiked
  3. turnpiker
  4. turnpikers
  5. turnpikes
  6. turnpiking
  7. turnplate
  8. turnplates
  9. turnplough
  10. turnploughs
  11. Turnquist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turnpiking (page history and authors); turnpike (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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