Railroad

Definition of railroad:

part of speech: noun

A road laid with iron rails.

part of speech: verb

Colloquially, in the United States, to put through rapidly; as, to railroad a bill through a legislature.

Usage examples for railroad:

• After breakfast we went into Manila and took the railroad for our command. "A Soldier in the Philippines", Needom N. Freeman.

• I am not sorry that I acquired some on the railroad its a good thing to have in the every day affairs of life. "Treading the Narrow Way", R. E. Barrett.

• 2034 represents an emery grinding machine for grinding the bores of railroad car axle- boxes. "Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II", Joshua Rose.

• " Yet you are still running your railroad suggested the other. "The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush", Francis Lynde.