Associations to the word «Roughshod»

ROUGHSHOD, adjective. (of a horse) having hooves shod with calks or horseshoes that have projecting nails to prevent slipping

ROUGHSHOD, adjective. (by extension) brutal or domineering

ROUGHSHOD, adjective. (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping.

ROUGHSHOD, adjective. (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".

ROUGHSHOD, adjective. Unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition".