Steamroller

Quick meaning: Steamroller is a noun meaning (by extension, informal) Any heavy road roller.

Meaning

(by extension, informal) Any heavy road roller.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Any seemingly irresistible force.
2. (transitive) To level a road using a steamroller.
3. (transitive, figurative) To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force.
4. (historical) A steam-powered heavy road roller.
5. (slang) A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end.

Example Sentences

Well, I'm a steamroller, babe / I'm bound to roll all over you

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.

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.

Word Forms

• steamrollers
• steam roller
• steamrollering
• steamrollered

Synonyms for steamroller

Depending on context, synonyms include steamroll, overpower.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bulldozer, roller, steamer, steamliner, steampipe, propeller.

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