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shunpike
[
shuhn
-pahyk
]
shun·pike
/
ˈʃʌnˌpaɪk
/
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shuhn
-pahyk
]
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noun, verb,
-piked,
-pik·ing.
noun
1.
a side road taken instead of a
turnpike
or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
verb (used without object)
2.
to drive on a shunpike.
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to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to bark; yelp.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to bark; yelp.
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Origin:
1850–55,
Americanism
;
shun
+
(turn)pike
Related forms
shun·pik·er,
noun
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