railroad
IPA: rˈeɪɫroʊd
noun
- (chiefly US) A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
- (chiefly US) The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
- (chiefly US) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets
- (figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
- A borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, so-named for the Northern Central Railway.
- A township in Starke County, Indiana, United States.
verb
- (transitive) To transport via railroad.
- (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
- (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
- (intransitive) To travel by railroad.
- (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
- (transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
- (transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
- (transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
- (roleplaying games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
- (upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.
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Examples of "railroad" in Sentences
- The railroad and the city split the cost.
- Brushaber was a stockholder in the railroad.
- The railroad was no niggard to its servants.
- A Pennsylvania railroad is in the background.
- The landslide closed the railroad for months.
- The increase was tied to the coming of the railroad.
- The coming of the railroad invigorated the community.
- Construction of the railroad was done by subcontractors.
- Brushaber, the appellant, was a stockholder in the railroad.
- The railroad used barges to move the trains across the river.
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