train wreck
or train·wreck
[ trein-rek ]
/ ˈtrɛɪnˌrɛk /
noun
an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
Slang. a person who has experienced a personal failure, disaster, etc.
Slang. a disastrous situation, occurrence, or process: His football career has been a train wreck.
RELATED CONTENT
Zika, Athleisure, And Hot Take: New Words Added To The DictionaryIn our latest update to Dictionary.com, we added more than 300 new words and definitions, and revised over 1,700 entries. Many of the newly added terms are pulled straight from the headlines like Daesh, intersectionality, warmist, woke, and Zika virus. Several of the new words relate directly to the media, including lamestream, presstitute, and hot take. Mainstream cultural conversations give Dictionary.com’s lexicographers an endless supply …
Nearby words
train of thought, train oil, train sickness, train smash, train spotter, train wreck, trainable, trainband, trainbearer, trained nurse, trainee
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
British Dictionary definitions for train wreck
train wreck
noun
an incident in which a train is severely damaged
informal something or someone that has suffered ruin or calamity
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012