Railroads

What do we mean by railroads?

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

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

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

A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

"To railroad" means to rig a situation such that events can only play out in a particular manner, or to a particular end. When applied to a trial, it means to manipulate the judicial system such that a defendant is virtually guaranteed a conviction. The metaphor derives from the nature of a railroad track, which does not offer a train the ability to choose its path of travel. Urban Dictionary

The act of limiting ones options to a single track, irregardless of other options; grabbed by the proverbial balls and yanked towards a single destination. Urban Dictionary

In gaming, the act of forcing a player to "choose to" do something they don't really want to in order to advance the plot according to the wishes or designs of the GM. Thus, the player feels like they're being moved through a world (or plot) as if on train tracks, without any choice on where to go. Urban Dictionary

1. to get someone unjustly convicted 2. force a resolution quickly 3. to coerce someone into doing something they would not otherwise do Urban Dictionary

Literal meanings: 1. N., A roadway paved with a track made of rails, upon which locomotives push or pull a train of cars or trailers carrying people or freight. 2. Adj., Pertaining to such a roadway or the trains that travel upon it. 3. N., The industry of transporting people or freight by rail, or one or more of the companies within that industry. 4. Adj., Pertaining to that industry. 5. V., Transport upon a railroad. Slang meanings: 1. V., to coerce, trick, or seduce others into a course of action that they would not otherwise choose. This includes, but is not limited to, specifically sexual situations. 2. N., Eleven, as if the two parallel numerals were the rails of a railroad track. Urban Dictionary

Supported 1.5million jobs and generated 33million dollars Urban Dictionary

A term describing the process of forcing the player characters in a Role-Playing Game to complete a certain task before continuing the adventure. Urban Dictionary

Someone who files Bullsh** charges against another person to get them in trouble even if they're 100% innocent. Urban Dictionary

Taking a huge, solid, one piece dump that you swear is like 8 feet long. Urban Dictionary

The act of being stopped by a train, usually when in a hurry. Can contain the act of the train stopping, going backwards, going forward again, and then slowly rolling away after 20 minutes of anger. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to railroads:
railroads, railroad, railroaded, railroader, railroaders, railheads.

Words that rhyme with railroads:
crossroads, inroads, roads, nodes, rhodes, loads, codes, goads, modes, diodes, odes, bodes, corrodes, toads, episodes, erodes, nematodes, downloads, anodes, lodes, payloads, implodes, truckloads, explodes, hampton roads, caseloads, rhoades, boatloads, carloads, hodes, cathodes, overloads, decodes, rodes, shiploads, unloads, reloads, workloads, busloads, rhoads, planeloads, c-codes, copycodes, m-codes, microcodes, roades.

Adjectives that are often used to describe railroads:
american, other, many, several, new, western, southern, early, major, few, various, most, more, interstate, private, important, eastern, electric, individual, principal, line, german, owned, northern, french, numerous, russian, canadian, military, british, european, bankrupt, elevated, mexican, underground, manchurian, smaller, continental, largest, earliest, rival, chinese, strategic, suburban, interurban, carrying, soviet, regional, west, south, italian, narrow, north, parallel, weak, haul, midwestern, argentine, terminal, northeastern, confederate, belgian, brazilian, lateral, controlled.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective railroads:
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Words that sound like railroads:
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