steamroller
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Is steamroller a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) A steam-powered heavy road roller.historical
2. (by extension, informal) Any heavy road roller.broadlyinformal
3. (figurative) Any seemingly irresistible force.Examples: "Well, I'm a steamroller, babe / I'm bound to roll all over you"; "England's last line-out in World Cup rugby had been stolen by New Zealand in a dramatic conclusion to the final three years ago, but the driving maul remains a potent weapon and flanker Sadia Kabeya was decisive as England fired up the steamroller once more."figuratively
4. (slang) A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end.Examples: "It's more about him testing his wares. He rolls joints. He doesn't own a bong, hookah, smoking pipe, chillum, vaporizer, scale, dugout system, grinder, or steamroller."slang
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To level a road using a steamroller.Synonyms: steamrolltransitive
2. (transitive, figurative) To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force.Synonyms: overpower, steamrollfigurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary