railroad Syllabification: (rail·road)Pronunciation: /ˈrālˌrōd/Translate railroad | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of railroad noun North American 1a track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run: [as modifier]:a railroad line a set of tracks for other vehicles. 2a system of railroad tracks with the trains, organization, and personnel required for its working: [in names]:the Union Pacific Railroad verb 1 [with object] informal press (someone) into doing something by rushing or coercing them:she hesitated, unwilling to be railroaded into a decision cause (a measure) to be passed or approved quickly by applying pressure:the Bill had been railroaded through the House North American send (someone) to prison without a fair trial or by means of false evidence. 2 [no object] (usually as noun railroading) North American travel or work on the railroads. railroad in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of railroad in the British & World English dictionary
