jack-walk

verb

To manhandle or maneuver an unwieldy object; to forcibly relocate.

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Meanings

verbjack-walk (third-person singular simple present jack-walks, present participle jack-walking, simple past and past participle jack-walked)

present singular third person jack-walks · participle present jack-walking · participle past jack-walked · past jack-walked · alternative jackwalk

  1. transitivedubiousTo manhandle or maneuver an unwieldy object; to forcibly relocate.

    He kicked the BMW [motorcycle] into life, jack-walked it to an alleyway leading from the Casa Rosada, and roared off through the streets of Buenos Aires, headed for Radio Belgrano.

    1987, Richard A. Lupoff, Countersolar!, page 21
    1 more example

    I picked up a second hardhat with one hand while I bent to help the old man up with the other. I jackwalked him across the room until we stood with our backs protected by the bartender[…]

    1980, Mitchell Carlton, Hot Oil, page 52
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