"roller-coasterish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-roller-coasterish.ogg [Australia] Forms: more roller-coasterish [comparative], most roller-coasterish [superlative]
Etymology: roller coaster + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|roller coaster|ish}} roller coaster + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} roller-coasterish (comparative more roller-coasterish, superlative most roller-coasterish)
  1. (idiomatic) Resembling a roller coaster; characterized by abrupt highs and lows. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-roller-coasterish-en-adj-zeeze9i0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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