storrow

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verb

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.”

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Meanings

verbstorrow (third-person singular simple present storrows, present participle storrowing, simple past and past participle storrowed)

present singular third person storrows · participle present storrowing · participle past storrowed · past storrowed

  1. InternetNew EnglandUShumorousOf 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.

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    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

Origin

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.

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APA

storrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storrow

MLA

“storrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storrow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “storrow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storrow.

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