Definitions For Rollercoaster

Noun

ROLLERCOASTER (plural ROLLERCOASTERs) An amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns. (figurative, by extension) Any situation in which there are ups and downs, or violent changes. : Our relationship was quite a rollercoaster. Finally, I had enough of it and left her. : The stock market has been quite the rollercoaster in the last few weeks.

Synonyms

ride big dipper, switchback, coaster, 🎢 situation in which there are violent changes merry-go-round, ride, saga, seesaw, soap opera, stir, yo-yo

Derived terms

rollercoaster ride rollercoastering, rollercoasting rollercoasterish

Hyponyms

hypercoaster megacoaster Virginia reel watercoaster

Descendants

Translations

Arabic: اُفْعُوَانِيَّة, f Belarusian: амерыка́нскія го́ркі, f-p, sc=Cyrl Burmese: ရိုလာကိုစတာ, sc=Mymr Catalan: muntanyes russes, f-p Chinese: : Cantonese: 過山車, , Galician: montaña rusa, f German: Achterbahn, f Greek: τρενάκι του λούνα παρκ Hebrew: רַכֶּבֶת הָרִים, f, tr=rakevet harim Hungarian: hullámvasút Icelandic: rússíbani, m Interlingua: montanias russe Italian: montagne russe, f-p, otto volante, m, ottovolante, m Japanese: ローラーコースター (rōrākōsutā), ジェットコースター (jettokōsutā, sc=Jpan) Korean: 롤러코스터 Macedonian: лу́да желе́зница, f, sc=Cyrl Mongolian: галзуу хулгана, sc=Cyrl Norwegian: : Bokmål: berg-og-dal-bane, m : Nynorsk: berg-og-dal-bane, m, f Persian: رولرکستر (rolerkoster, sc=fa-Arab), قطار هوایی (qatâr-e havâyi, sc=fa-Arab) Polish: kolejka górska, f Portuguese: montanha-russa, f Romansch: muntogna russa, f Russian: америка́нские го́рки, f-p Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: влак смрти, m : Roman: vlak smrti, m Slovak: horská dráha, f Spanish: montaña rusa, f Swedish: bergochdalbana, c, berg-och-dal-bana, c Thai: รถไฟเหาะตีลังกา Ukrainian: америка́нські гі́рки, f-p Vietnamese: tàu lượn siêu tốc

See also

Alternative forms

roller coaster roller-coaster

Etymology

appendix:glossary#univerbation, univerbation of roller coaster, after the rolling and coasting motions to which the riders are subjected.