Definitions for railroad
ˈreɪlˌroʊdrail·road

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system(noun)

   line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

2. railroad track, railroad, railway(verb)

   a line of track providing a runway for wheels

   "he walked along the railroad track"

3. dragoon, sandbag, railroad(verb)

   compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

   "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"

4. railroad(verb)

   supply with railroad lines

   "railroad the West"

5. railroad(verb)

   transport by railroad

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. railroad(Noun)

   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

   Etymology: From rail + road.

2. railroad(Noun)

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

   Etymology: From rail + road.

3. railroad(Noun)

   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

   Etymology: From rail + road.

4. railroad(Noun)

   A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.

   The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

   Etymology: From rail + road.

5. railroad(Verb)

   To transport via railroad.

   Etymology: From rail + road.

6. railroad(Verb)

   To operate a railroad.

   The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly

   Etymology: From rail + road.

7. railroad(Verb)

   To work for a railroad.

   Etymology: From rail + road.

8. railroad(Verb)

   To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

   Etymology: From rail + road.

9. railroad(Verb)

   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.

   Etymology: From rail + road.

10. railroad(Verb)

    To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.

    They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.

    Etymology: From rail + road.

11. railroad(Verb)

    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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Railroad(noun)

   alt. of Railway

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1. Railroad

   Railroad is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 278 at the 2010 census.

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1. 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  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of railroad in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of railroad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of railroad in a Sentence

1. Pedro Sanchez:

   We are an administration that wants to maintain the best possible transatlantic relations...but my responsibility as prime minister is to defend the agricultural sector in the face of any attempt to railroad us with tariffs.

2. William Makepeace Thackeray:

   We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now and then! Then was the old world. Stage-coaches, more or less swift, riding-horses, pack-horses, highwaymen, knights in armor, Norman invaders, Roman legions, Druids, Ancient Britons painted blue, and so forth -- all these belong to the old period. But your railroad starts the new era, and we of a certain age belong to the new time and the old one. We who lived before railways, and survive out of the ancient world, are like Father Noah and his family out of the Ark.

3. John McNesby:

   We promised a vigorous defense to these baseless allegations and charges filed by our District Attorney, our DA attempted to railroad a highly decorated and well-respected member of the Philadelphia police department.We’re happy to bring closure to this case for Bologna, a 30-year member, who has served this city with respect and integrity.

4. Keith Schoonmaker:

   For investors who have a longer time horizon, that is more than a couple of months, we think the railroad stocks present compelling opportunities, there aren't going to be competitors encroaching upon their returns and they have a cost advantage over trucking companies.

5. Ardelio Vargas:

   The consequences of a railroad accident with 700 or 1,200 migrants on board would have been very regrettable, we can't be so irresponsible as to allow migrants to continue risking their lives on a freight line that has all the deficiencies it has.

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