Chute-the-chute (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

big dipper; chute-the-chute; roller coaster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chute-the-chute" is a kind of...):

el; elevated; elevated railroad; elevated railway; overhead railway (a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level)

ride (a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chute-the-chute"):

hypercoaster (a roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets)

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