steamroller

See also: steam roller

English

Alternative forms

• steam roller

Etymology

steam +‎ roller

Noun

steamroller (plural steamrollers)

1. a steam-powered heavy road roller
2. (informal) Any heavy road roller
3. (by extension) any seemingly irresistible force
4. a pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end; it rolls the smoke (steam)

Translations

steam-powered road roller

• Catalan: corró (ca) m
• Czech: parní válec
• Finnish: höyryjyrä
• French: compacteur (fr) m
• German: Dampfwalze (de) f
• Hungarian: gőzhenger (hu), úthenger (hu)
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• Italian: rullo compressore m
• Japanese: 蒸気ローラー (jouki-rōrā)
• Spanish: apisonadora f
• Swedish: ångvält
• Tagalog: pison

irresistible force

• Finnish: höyryjyrä
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• Hungarian: gőzhenger (hu)

Verb

steamroller (third-person singular simple present steamrollers, present participle steamrollering, simple past and past participle steamrollered)

1. to level a road using a steamroller
2. to proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force; to overpower

Synonyms

• to steamroll

Translations

to level with a steamroller

• Finnish: jyrätä (fi)
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to proceed ruthlessly

• Finnish: jyrätä (fi)
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See also

• steam power
• steam engine
• steam tractor
• steam locomotive
• steam shovel

Anagrams

• Martorelles