See Also: chuckle(dictionary)
chuckle(dictionary)
chuckle(2)(dictionary)
chuckle(1)(dictionary)
railroad(2)(dictionary)
railroad(1)(dictionary)
railroad(encyclopedia)
Railroad - Bowling(gambling)
Pennsylvania Railroad Co.(encyclopedia)
Underground Railroad(encyclopedia)

chuckle(2) (iou) and railroad(2) (iou)


chuckle(2) (iou)



chuckle noun. M18.
[from CHUCKLE verb.]
An act of chuckling; a suppressed (formerly, a loud or convulsive) laugh; a soft cackle or clucking sound. M18.
Private amusement, chuckling. M19.

railroad(2) (iou)



railroad verb. E19.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Provide (a country etc.) with a railway or railways. US. E19.
verb intrans. Travel by rail. US. M19.
verb intrans. Work on the railway or in the railway industry. US. L19.
verb trans. Put through a process forcefully and rapidly; press (a person) hastily or forcefully into an action etc., hustle. Orig. US. L19.
M. Dickens How had he let himself be railroaded into this?
b. Send to prison with summary speed or by means of false evidence. Chiefly US. L19.