railroad
A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
Example
“The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.”
Other meanings
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.”
The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
Synonyms
- railway
- railway line
- railway system
Related words
- antirailroad
- nonrailroad
- prerailroad
- prorailroad
- railroadiana
- railroadish
- railroad crossing
- railroad gun
- railroad spike
- railroad switch
- railroad tie
- railroad tramp
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “railroad” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.