subway

Definition

  • noun: a system of underground trains in a city
  • noun: an underground way
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: amtrak, l, abri

Examples

  • I've been on both the New York 'subway' and the Underground in London.

  • No one on the 'subway' seemed to mind how crowded it was.

  • I took/rode the 'subway' to midtown.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Help! Someone please help me! Hold on! Watch out! We'll meet again, Spiderman! Hold on Mary Jane! Well, beats taking the subway. Don't mind us. She just needs to use the elevator. Wait. Who are you? - You know who I am. (..)
    2002 Spider-Man
  • (..) - Well? - He's news. - These are really important clients they can't wait. - They're about to. - He pulled six people off that subway car. - Sure from a wreck he probably caused. Something goes wrong and this creepy-crawler is there. Look at that, he's fleeing the scene. What's that tell you? (..)
    2002 Spider-Man