railroad

UK /ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/ US /ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/
verb 5noun 4name 2

Definitions

noun

1

A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.

2

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

3

A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets

Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.

4

A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

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

Gregory Scroggins, a PWA [person with AIDS] in Georgia who was found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder for biting a cop during arrest. It took only three days in October of 1989 to charge, try, convict and sentence Scroggins, who is now serving a 10-year sentence and has been denied bail (and medical treatment) pending appeal. […] Judy Siff of ACT/UP/Atlanta told GCN that Scroggins' case was a "railroad" of unbelievable proportions.

verb

1

To transport via railroad.

2

To operate a railroad.

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

3

To work for a railroad.

4

To travel by railroad.

5

To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

name

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.

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