railroad

Plural: railroads

Noun

• line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
• a line of track providing a runway for wheels
  • "he walked along the railroad track"
• A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
• The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
• A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets
• A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

Verb

Verb Forms: railroaded, railroading, railroads

• To transport by means of a railway system.
• compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
• supply with railroad lines
  • "railroad the West"
• transport by railroad
• To transport via railroad.
• To operate a railroad.
• To work for a railroad.
• To travel by railroad.
• To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
• To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
• To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
• To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
• To force players to follow the dungeon master's planned plot rather than improvise an alternative story.
• To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

Examples

• He hoped to railroad his high-scoring tiles across the board for a bingo.
• He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
• Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.
• Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.
• The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
• The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
• The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.
• They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.

Synonyms

dragoon, railroad line, railroad track, railway, railway line, railway system, sandbag

Anagrams of railroad