chute-the-chutes

chute-the-chutes
noun

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  • chute the chutes — phrasal : to go down a chute, especially a steep slide made for amusement …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • chute the chute — to ride or slide on, or as if on, a chute the chute. Also, chute the chutes, shoot the chutes. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • chute the chute — to ride or slide on, or as if on, a chute the chute. Also, chute the chutes, shoot the chutes. [1905 10, Amer.] …   Useful english dictionary

  • chute-the-chute — /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 …   Universalium

  • chute-the-chute — [[t]ˈʃut ðəˌʃut, ˈʃut əˌʃut[/t]] also chute′ the chutes n. a ride or roller coaster, as at an amusement park, esp. one having a slide or track that ends in water • Etymology: 1890–95, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • Shoot-the-Chutes — is an amusement ride consisting of a flat bottomed boat that slides down a ramp or inside a flume into a lagoon. The first of this type of amusement ride was built by J.P. Newberg in 1884 down the side of a hill at Watchtower Park in Rock Island …   Wikipedia

  • shoot the chutes. — See chute the chute. [1920 25] * * * …   Universalium

  • shoot the chutes. — See chute the chute. [1920 25] …   Useful english dictionary

  • chute — Synonyms and related words: Ferris wheel, avenue, bank, bevel, bezel, blowhole, brolly, carousel, cascade, cataract, channel, chimney, chute the chutes, chutes, collapse, comedown, country rock, crash, debacle, debouch, declension, declination,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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