chute-the-chute

noun

elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)

• Syn: ↑roller coaster, ↑big dipper

• Hypernyms: ↑elevated railway, ↑elevated railroad, ↑elevated, ↑el, ↑overhead railway, ↑ride

• Hyponyms: ↑hypercoaster

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noun or chute-the-chutes \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\

1. : a slide (as in an amusement park) often ending in a pool of water

2. : roller coaster

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/shooht"dheuh shooht', shooht"euh shooht'/, n.

1. a ride or coaster, as at an amusement park or carnival, that provides thrills or excitement by moving passengers down steep dips and around sharp curves, esp. one having a track that ends in water. Cf. roller coaster.

2. a steep or curving slide used for purposes of amusement.

3. any ride, motion, or experience that produces a sensation of rapid or curving descent: an emotional chute-the-chute.

Also, chute-the-chutes.

[1890-95, Amer.; see CHUTE¹]

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chute-the-chute «SHOOT thuh SHOOT», noun.

U.S. chute¹ (def. 4).

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1.

(also chute-the-chutes) n. a steep slide or roller coaster, esp. with water at the foot

2.

v. chute the chute or chute the chutes slide down or ride on a chute-the-chute