Railroad Industry Jargon

noun a railroad freight car with a roof and sliding doors on the sides

adjective relating to or characteristic of boxcars

• The boxcars were filled with goods and ready to be transported by train.
• We played a game of boxcars with the kids using cardboard boxes.
• Those boxcars are looking fresh, man.
• His mind was like a train of boxcars, each thought connected to the next.

noun a powerful kick or punch in martial arts, especially in karate or taekwondo

• The martial artist executed a flawless roundhouse kick during the competition.
• I saw a guy do a crazy roundhouse kick at the gym yesterday.
• He threw a sick roundhouse at his opponent in the fight.
• Her words hit me like a verbal roundhouse, leaving me stunned.

noun a mechanical device for feeding fuel to a furnace

• The stoker carefully tended to the coal in the boiler to maintain the desired temperature.
• The stoker made sure the fire was burning hot in the furnace.
• The stoker was keeping the flames alive in the engine room.
• As a stoker of ideas, he fueled creativity in the team meetings.

noun a small alcoholic drink

verb to drink alcohol, especially in small quantities regularly

• After a long day at work, some people enjoy a small tipple of whiskey to unwind.
• Let's grab a quick tipple at the bar before heading home.
• I could really go for a tipple of that good stuff right now.
• She had a tipple of courage before confronting her boss about the issue.

verb to disconnect or separate, especially a pair or a set of things

• The train conductor needed to uncouple the cars before they could be moved to the maintenance yard.
• I can't believe they're going to uncouple after all these years of marriage.
• I need to uncouple from this toxic relationship and focus on myself.
• It's important to uncouple your emotions from your decision-making process in order to think clearly.