Definitions

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  • noun A moving walkway.

Etymologies

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speed +‎ walk, originally a trademark.

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Examples

  • Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras, chair of the women's issues committee that held the hearing Thursday, recalled learning as a young teen how to "speedwalk" to dodge certain men, and which corner stores she should always avoid.

    NYC Women React To Legislation Against Street Harassment AP 2010

  • Thursday, recalled learning as a young teen how to "speedwalk" to dodge certain men, and which corner stores she should always avoid.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Thursday, recalled learning as a young teen how to "speedwalk" to dodge certain men, and which corner stores she should always avoid.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Thursday, recalled learning as a young teen how to "speedwalk" to dodge certain men, and which corner stores she should always avoid.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Thursday, recalled learning as a young teen how to "speedwalk" to dodge certain men, and which corner stores she should always avoid.

    FOXNews.com 2010

  • Thursday, recalled learning as a young teen how to "speedwalk" to dodge certain men, and which corner stores she should always avoid.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Thursday, recalled learning as a young teen how to "speedwalk" to dodge certain men, and which corner stores she should always avoid.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Thursday, recalled learning as a young teen how to "speedwalk" to dodge certain men, and which corner stores she should always avoid.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Rather than wait for a limo to plod through traffic jams, he'll speedwalk from the Health Department to city hall, moving at a clip that leaves aides trotting along behind and crowds of pedestrians parting to let him through.

    300 Million Patients 2009

  • The majority will speedwalk with a vigor and determination bordering on maniacal.

    Kicking Down the Cobblestones 2006

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