Meanings
plural one-track minds
- idiomaticThat said to be possessed by someone who is obsessed with something or only able to think of one thing.
He has a one-track mind. All he ever talks about is trains and railroads.
2 more examples
You're nothing but a dirty, dirty old man / You do your thinking with a one-track mind
1970, “Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter”, in Alline Bullock (lyrics), Workin’ Together, performed by Ike & Tina TurnerI have a one-track mind, I have a one track-mind / There is a method to the madness, to the madness / Gotta have a one-track mind
2018, “One Track Mind”, in AMERICA, performed by Thirty Seconds to Mars ft. A$AP RockySynonyms: obstinacy, doggedness, conviction, insistence, pertinacity, self-will, recalcitrance, resolve
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThat said to be possessed by someone who is obsessed with something or only able to think of one thing.
Translations
Finnish putkiaivo
- putkiaivoobsessed mind
German Tunnelblick
- Tunnelblickobsessed mind
Hungarian csőlátás
- csőlátásobsessed mind
Italian pallino fisso, chiodo fisso
- pallino fissoobsessed mind
- chiodo fissoobsessed mind
- assilloobsessed mind
- maniaobsessed mind
- smaniaobsessed mind
- fissazioneobsessed mind
Polish jednokierunkowe zainteresowanie
- jednokierunkowe zainteresowanieobsessed mind
Swedish tunnelseende
- tunnelseendeobsessed mind
Cite this entry
one-track mind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-track%20mind
“one-track mind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-track%20mind. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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