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Roughshod Common

Roughshod has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping

2

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

"a barbarous crime"

"brutal beatings"

"cruel tortures"

"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"

"a savage slap"

"vicious kicks"

3

unjustly domineering

"incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"

"a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"

4

Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or projecting parts to prevent slipping.

Example Sentences
"a barbarous crime" adjective
"brutal beatings" adjective
"cruel tortures" adjective
"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks" adjective
"a savage slap" adjective
"vicious kicks" adjective
"incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies" adjective
"a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" adjective
See Also
slipping calk horse hoof domineering horseshoe projecting nail
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
hod chod shod rhod ghod ephod otkhod zaphod method rathod unshod coalhod dryshod misshod lunokhod slipshod ironshod chodchod behenchod submethod
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