steamroller, road roller
(noun) vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
juggernaut, steamroller
(noun) a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
steamroll, steamroller
(verb) make level or flat with a steamroller; “steamroll the roads”
steamroller, steamroll
(verb) overwhelm by using great force; “steamroller the opposition”
steamroller
(verb) crush with a steamroller as if to level; “steamroller the road”
steamroller, steamroll
(verb) proceed with great force; “The new teacher tends to steamroller”
steamroller, steamroll
(verb) bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; “The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
steamroller (plural steamrollers)
a steam-powered heavy road roller
(informal) Any heavy road roller
(by extension) any seemingly irresistible force
a pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end; it rolls the smoke (steam)
steamroller (third-person singular simple present steamrollers, present participle steamrollering, simple past and past participle steamrollered)
to level a road using a steamroller
to proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force; to overpower
• to steamroll
• Martorelles
Source: Wiktionary
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
