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Word: railroad (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
  • A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
  • figurative A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.
  • The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
  • intransitive To operate a railroad.
  • intransitive To work for a railroad.
  • transitive To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
  • transitive To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
  • transitive To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
  • transitive To transport via railroad.

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