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Word: railroad
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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.
Source: Wiktionary
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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.
Source: Wiktionary
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