Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ride the rails

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: ride the rails
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To travel by railway train, trolley, etc.

Example Sentences

"He had bummed his way around the West riding the rails."
"Many of New York's most celebrated personalities hitch-hiked here, or rode the rails from wherever it was that they spent their youth dreaming ambitiously."
"There are a number of variables in the trip from Manhattan that you should weigh when deciding whether to ride the rails ($7 to $12), hop a bus ($13) or spring for a taxi (roughly $45, with toll and tip)."

Inflected Forms

rides the rails (present, singular) riding the rails (participle, present) rode the rails (past) ridden the rails (participle, past)

Questions

What does ride the rails mean?: To travel by railway train, trolley, etc.

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