railroad

rail·road  (rlrd)

n.

1. A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles.

2. A system of railroad track, together with the land, stations, rolling stock, and other related property under one management.

v. rail·road·ed, rail·road·ing, rail·roads

v.tr.

1. To transport by railroad.

2. To supply (an area) with railroads.

3. Informal

a. To rush or push (something) through quickly in order to prevent careful consideration and possible criticism or obstruction: railroad a special-interest bill through Congress.

b. To convict (an accused person) without a fair trial or on trumped-up charges.

v.intr.

To work for a railroad company.

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railroader n.

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railroad

Noun

US a railway

Verb

Informal to force (a person) into an action with haste or by unfair means

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	railroad - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system cable railway, funicular, funicular railway - a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars cog railway, rack railway - railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway, el - a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier metro, subway, subway system, underground, tube - an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'" monorail - a railway having a single track rail - short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety" scenic railway - small railway in an amusement park
	2.	railroad - a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" railroad track, railway broad gauge - a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches gantlet - the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times rail line, railway line, line - the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed narrow gauge - a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches railroad siding, sidetrack, siding, turnout - a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass standard gauge - railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches switch - railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper, tie - one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" rails, runway, rail, track - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll track - a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
Verb	1.	railroad - compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" dragoon, sandbag coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
	2.	railroad - supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	3.	railroad - transport by railroad ship, transport, send - transport commercially