steamroller
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See also: steam roller
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[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstimˌroʊlɚ/
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Noun
[edit]steamroller (plural steamrollers)
- (historical) A steam-powered heavy road roller.
- (by extension, informal) Any heavy road roller.
- (figurative) Any seemingly irresistible force.
- 1970, James Taylor, “Steamroller Blues”:
- Well, I'm a steamroller, babe / I'm bound to roll all over you
- (slang) A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end.
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[edit]steam-powered road roller
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road roller — see road roller
Verb
[edit]steamroller (third-person singular simple present steamrollers, present participle steamrollering, simple past and past participle steamrollered)
- (transitive) To level a road using a steamroller.
- Synonym: steamroll
- (transitive, figurative) To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force.
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