railroad

B1
Pronunciation
/ˈɹeɪlɹəʊd/
/ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

Example Sentences
  • Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
2 Definition

The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.

3 Definition

A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets

Example Sentences
  • Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other
4 Definition

A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

Example Sentences
  • The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
Verb
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

To transport via railroad.

2 Definition

To operate a railroad.

Example Sentences
  • The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly
3 Definition

To work for a railroad.

4 Definition

To travel by railroad.

5 Definition

To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

6 Definition

To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.

Example Sentences
  • The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
7 Definition

To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.

Example Sentences
  • They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
8 Definition

To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.

Example Sentences
  • He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
9 Definition

To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.

10 Definition

(upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.