Meanings
nounshunpike (plural shunpikes)
plural shunpikes
- 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)
verbshunpike (third-person singular simple present shunpikes, present participle shunpiking, simple past and past participle shunpiked)
present singular third person shunpikes · participle present shunpiking · participle past shunpiked · past shunpiked
- To travel by side roads so as to avoid the toll roads or turnpikes.
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Translations
German mautfreie Strecke
- mautfreie StreckeTranslations
Italian normale, farsi la normale
- normaleTranslations
- farsi la normaleTranslations
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APA
shunpike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shunpike
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“shunpike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shunpike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shunpike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shunpike.
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