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to streetwalk

to streetwalk

9.9
To walk the streets offering sex for money
  • verb
  • /ˈstritˌwɔk/
  • NSFW
translation icon : caminar por la calle
  • During our night out, we saw several women streetwalking near the downtown area.

Examples

  • Somebody said she was streetwalking over on Lexington Avenue.

    Klute (1971)

  • He noticed a group of women streetwalking as they searched for potential clients.

  • The purpose of this investigation, therefore, was to examine in depth "the game" known as streetwalking prostitution.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Inclusion required that participants be female, involved in or have former experience in streetwalking prostitution, and be at least 18 years of age.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Intensive interviews were conducted with 43 women involved in streetwalking prostitution.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Perhaps greater understanding may facilitate an open dialogue and greater awareness of the women comprising the subculture of streetwalking prostitution.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Despite the popular image of streetwalking prostitutes' lives controlled by pimps, less than half of the women (n = 17) reported involvement with a pimp.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The purpose of this investigation was to examine the unique developmental trajectories of women involved in streetwalking prostitution, in conjunction with illuminating shared experiences and points of convergence.

    Academic text (2000)

  • She was streetwalking down Main Street, hoping to find a customer soon.

Synonyms

to street-walk
vsto streetwalk
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To walk the streets to find people who will pay for sex

has identical meaning but is written without a hyphen

Surface Forms

streetwalk infinitive
streetwalked past
streetwalked past participle
streetwalking present participle
streetwalks third person singular

Morphology

streetwalk = street + walk (semi-transparent) = street + walk

The components 'street' + 'walk' clearly indicate walking in the street, but the specialized sense 'to solicit customers (as a prostitute)' is a restricted idiomatic meaning not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Streetwalk combines the everyday words street and walk, literally 'to walk in the street'. It came to mean a person who sells sex and walks the streets looking for customers, so streetwalk means 'to walk the streets in search of customers'.