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jack-walk en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:dubious, transitive) To manhandle or maneuver an unwieldy object; to forcibly relocate.
    • 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:
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jack-walking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jack-walked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jack-walked Tense=Past lexicographic
jackwalk alternative lexicographic
jack-walks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

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