Word info

train wreck

Speech parts

1. train wreck - Noun

2. train wreck - Verb

Meaning

The aftermath of a train crash.
Synonyms: (hobo slang) prairie meet, (railroad jargon) cornfield meet

(figuratively) A disaster, especially one which is large in scale and readily seen by public observers.
Synonyms: catastrophe, car crash, car wreck

(figuratively) Someone (especially a woman) who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.

train wreck (third-person singular simple present train wrecks, present participle train wrecking, simple past and past participle train wrecked)

To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster.

train‐wreck (plural train-wrecks)

Dated form of train wreck.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

train-wreck

Examples

I have to tell them that last night was a shameful train wreck filled with blind cuddly puppies. Charlie Sheen

You know, we have a fiscal train wreck before us. And unless we act, and act deliberately, we're not going to enable our kids to have what we have. It's plain and simple as that. Eric Cantor

I just do my thing and try each show to be more honest about why I am and who I am. It's quite tricky and actually nerve-racking to do that. It's kind of a happy train wreck. Craig Ferguson

I hate mean people. People who just pick at you and try to force you into a train wreck. Method Man

It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train. Lisa Kleypas

I'll never get laid trying to keep you safe. You're a train wreck on steroids. Karen Marie Moning

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