Definition of "Shawshank"

Shawshank

verb
third-person singular simple present Shawshanks, present participle Shawshanking, simple past and past participle Shawshanked
1. To escape, especially by tunneling out or without warning.
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  After endless Shawshanking through the ducts, I came to a grate that offered my first break from the horror show.
  2009, Kilt Kilpatrick, “Last Times at Ridgemont High”, in Lori Perkins, editor, Hungry for Your Love: An Anthology of Zombie Romance, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Griffin, page 314
  Kid up and disappears, Shawshanks like a fart in the wind.
  2012, Phil Brody, The Holden Age of Hollywood
  It was like everything in him had been set free. Like the secret part of himself—the one he kept hidden and didn't let out so he could remain safe and intact—had Shawshanked itself and wasn't going to let it be captured again.
  2013, Maggie Robinson, ‎Elyssa Patrick, Holiday for Two
  'So your mind's made up?' Elaine said. 'You're Shawshanking out on us?'
  2017, Alex Wheatle, Straight Outta Crongton, London: Atom Books, page 277
  And nothing to scrape with, so we're not Shawshanking our way out.
  2021, Mary Hughes, Night's Bliss
2. To punish (someone) for something that they did not do.
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  Jim hadn't, but he did agree to give us more time before he Shawshanked me.
  1997, Randi Reisfeld, Too Hottie to Handle, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, page 131
  Sorry you got Shawshanked, but it doesn't change anything.
  2015, Buffy: Season Nine Library Edition Volume 3, page 165
  I could have been honest, said it was all a mistake and that I'd been shawshanked, but that hadn't won me any favors so far.
  2017, M.C. Cerny, The Warden
  It's like going to prison with an innocent conscience: he Shawshanked me real hard; and it was up to me to dig my way out to freedom.
  2022, Kathleen Ann Tia, The Naked Green Eyes, page 3
3. To accomplish something by doing a little bit at a time over a long period of time.
  Quotations
  I had just given notice at work that I was taking a leave and I wanted to start "Shawshanking" things home
  2020·, Gerry Ugalde, Dancing with Disease
  Easy, I shawshaked you.
  2022, Chris Tuff, Save Your Asks
4. To rape (a man, by a man) as an act of dominance and bullying.
  Quotations
  This isn't an act of love; he's basically getting Shawshanked by a long-necked bully.
  2022, Mamadou Ndiaye, 100 Animals That Can F*cking End You, page 107
noun
plural Shawshanks
1. A literal or figurative prison.
  Quotations
  We all have our Shawshanks. Some of us have broken free.
  2012, Vance Brown, No Matter the Cost, page 174
  […] the various walls men elect to live behind inside their own self-constructed Shawshanks, laboring under the debilitating belief that they have no other choice than to mirror the quiet desperation of their own experience (or their father's) by living in isolation.
  2016, Maura Grady, ‎Tony Magistrale, The Shawshank Experience, page 130
  Therefore, cat strollers are designed as rolling mini Shawshanks, keeping your kitty locked in, while you get the benefits of a walk.
  2017, Jeff Lazarus, Catakism

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