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From the movie Shawshank Redemption. Tim Robbins' character, Andy Dufresne, secretly digs a tunnel in his prison cell, and hides the dirt and cement from the wall in his pants legs. To get rid of it without anyone knowing, he takes a stroll out in the yard every day, and with every step shakes a little bit out at a time.

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When you have to fart, the action of walking around an area and dispersing a little bit at a time so no one notices.
Suddenly feeling the urge to fart, I quickly got up from my desk and shawshanked it around the office.
by spiderb92 December 13, 2004
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The act of moving a huge amount of material by moving a very small amount in each of a huge number of deliveries.
Rod spilled his bongwater on the landlord's cat so he used his Yugo to shawshank all his shit over to Heather's crib.
by Empirical42 August 18, 2010
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The act of enduring something which results in continuous consternation and/or pain of which you have no control over once into it. And, the event does not end until the act is completed or until you find a way to tunnel out and/or crawl through a proverbial 500 yard, shit-laden, drain pipe to free yourself of the event. Reference the movie "Shawshank Redemption".
Shit dude! I got busted for a DUI a week ago and had to shawshank it until I was bailed out by my ex-girlfriend.
by Roland819 November 23, 2006
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Morning ritual, Shit, shower shave and wank.
Felt much better after my shawshank this morning.
by Andy13 May 27, 2005
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To wriggle through a tube like area full of filth
Stewie said to Brian, "Maybe you should forget about your pride and worry about the creepy crawlies shawshanking their way out your balloon knot."

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by Milton Waddams January 24, 2007
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Comes from the movie The Shawshank Redemtion, and means to break out or get away with something (out of jail, or just out of trouble)
*1* Get me the hell outta this jail cell!!!! i am so gonna go shawshank if u dont bust me out quick!
*2* You betta shawshank out of this, or he is gonna kick your ass!
by Hops July 5, 2005
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to defecate in one's pants with the intent of shaking the stool out of the opening in the bottom of the pant leg.

In reference to the 1994 Oscar winning movie, "The Shawshank Redemption"
Knowing he wouldn't make it to the restroom and his stool was a type 2 on the Bristols stool chart, Alex shawshanked it down his office hallway.
by gpb pizza pan man December 15, 2009
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