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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A steep, sharply curving elevated railway with small open passenger cars that is operated at high speeds as a ride, especially in an amusement park.
  2. n. An action, event, or experience marked by abrupt, extreme changes in circumstance, quality, or behavior: "the demographic roller coaster caused by the baby boom” ( American Demographics).

Wiktionary

  1. n. alternative spelling of rollercoaster.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. An amusement railroad of varying design in which open cars coast by gravity over a long winding track in a closed circuit, with steep pitches and ascents, and in some cases loops in which the cars are briefly upside-down; typically, the cars are pulled by a chain device to the top of the first peak, after which gravity and momentum provide the only propulsive forces. In some cases, the cars are suspended from a monorail rather than resting on a track, and such cars may be made to swing outward at an angle near to the horizontal. It is a popular amusement at many amusement parks, but is sufficiently frightening to some people that they refuse to ride in one.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)
  2. n. anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down)

Examples

  • “Ride the triple upside-down loop-d-loop roller coaster with their granddaughter.”

    Simon & Schuster: Race You to the Fountain of Youth

  • “Groupies, with their flashy selves and wide-eyed willingness to please, were like the perfect theme park roller coaster where the lines were short and the rides were free.”

    Simon & Schuster: I.O.U.

  • “It was a daily roller coaster of emotionsfrom fear to frustration to exhilaration or despair, depending on how my practice or performance went.”

    Simon & Schuster: Rinnavation

  • “Her rheumatologist worried about the ramifications of having her on a roller coaster of prednisone and decided to try Imuran, a chemotherapy medication that suppresses the immune system in general, which he and Joy had been hoping to avoid since it carries with it a heightened risk of lymphoma and leukemia.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Autoimmune Epidemic

  • “Ev­ery few minutes there would be a roar and screams from the few riders as the roller coaster took its steepest plunge.”

    Prayers To Broken Stones

  • “After riding a roller coaster with the falling yen, diving NASDAQ, soaring college tuition, skyrocketing nursing home bills, and the amicable-turned-bitter divorce that wipes us out, we discover we can’t buy control either.”

    Simon & Schuster: I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke

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