What does railroad mean?
Definitions for railroad
ˈreɪlˌroʊdrail·road
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word railroad.
Princeton's WordNet
railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway systemnoun
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
railroad track, railroad, railwayverb
a line of track providing a runway for wheels
"he walked along the railroad track"
dragoon, sandbag, railroadverb
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
"They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
railroadverb
supply with railroad lines
"railroad the West"
railroadverb
transport by railroad
Wiktionary
railroadnoun
A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
railroadnoun
The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
railroadnoun
A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other
railroadnoun
A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.
The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
railroadverb
To transport via railroad.
railroadverb
To operate a railroad.
The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly
railroadverb
To work for a railroad.
railroadverb
To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
railroadverb
To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
railroadverb
To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
railroadverb
To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
Etymology: From rail + road.
Webster Dictionary
Railroadnoun
alt. of Railway
Freebase
Railroad
Railroad is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 278 at the 2010 census.
Editors Contribution
railroad
A type of transportation structure and system.
The railroad works efficiently and provides an effective and efficient transport system.
Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of railroad in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of railroad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of railroad in a Sentence
We don't need that fleet, this is good news for society. I think it's good news for the railroad, from a safety point of view.
Do the thousands of 'cross-bucks' at railroad crossings across our nation memorialize any exchange of 'dollars'?
I'm in full agreement this is not the way to run a railroad, but remember the alternative.
The railroad laborers and innovators of 150 years ago helped unite our country.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
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