TURNPIKE Definition & Meaning

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turnpike

[ turn-pahyk ]

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a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
(formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid; tollgate.

turnpike

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between the mid-16th and late 19th centuries
1. gates or some other barrier set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
2. a road on which a turnpike was operated
an obsolete word for turnstile
a motorway for use of which a toll is charged

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First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English turnepike “road barrier” ( turnpike indef 1, short for turnpike road ). See turn, pike ²

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C15: from turn + pike ²

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Roger Hargreaves, director of Glossop Heritage Trust, said it was built as a turnpike - or toll road - to connect Sheffield with Manchester.

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"He was driving along the New Jersey turnpike when it came on his car radio," said Love.

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On a deserted service road not far from the Florida turnpike, Toole strangled Adam to death with the seatbelt, then decapitated him with a machete.

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The bugs are still so plentiful, the trained eye can spot them clinging to the trunks of tree of heaven while driving on the turnpike.

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According to troopers, Davis lost control of his Tesla sedan and it collided with the parked pickup truck on the side of the turnpike.

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