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Railroad

//ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd// name, noun, verb

Proper Noun

1
A borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, so-named for the Northern Central Railway.
2
A township in Starke County, Indiana, United States.

Noun

1
A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on. Philippines, US
"Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads."
2
a line of track providing a runway for wheels wordnet
3
The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train. US
4
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight wordnet
5
A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets US
"Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other."

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6
A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration. figuratively
"The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed."

Verb

1
To transport via railroad. transitive
2
transport by railroad wordnet
3
To operate a railroad. intransitive
"The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly."
4
supply with railroad lines wordnet
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To work for a railroad. intransitive

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compel by coercion, threats, or crude means wordnet
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To travel by railroad. intransitive
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To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads. intransitive
9
To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution. transitive
"The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections."
10
To convict of a crime by circumventing due process. transitive
"They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges."
11
To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement. transitive
"He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview."
12
To force players to follow the dungeon master's planned plot rather than improvise an alternative story.
13
To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.
"If you are upholstering a larger item, such as a sofa, it's a good idea to see if the fabric you are buying can be railroaded. Railroading refers to being able to run the fabric from left to right, rather than the conventional top to bottom. […][W]hen a pattern is railroaded you can turn it on its side and roll it out to the width of the sofa without join lines."

Etymology 1

From rail + road.

Etymology 2

From rail + road.

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