ride the rods
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To travel illicitly by clinging to the supporting rods under a freight train.
American usage; Slang
Example Sentences
- "And a dangerous extracurricular activity had helped turn his muscles to iron: he “rode the rods” with other boys, clinging to the underframework of Union Pacific freight cars rumbling through Abilene."
- "I nearly ran right into one jabbing his shotgun underneath the car, checking to see if somebody was under there riding the rods."