"rollercoaster" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹoʊlɚˌkoʊstɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rollercoaster.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rollercoasters [plural]
Etymology: Univerbation of roller coaster, after the rolling and coasting motions to which the riders are subjected. Etymology templates: {{m|en|roller}} roller, {{m|en|coaster}} coaster Head templates: {{en-noun}} rollercoaster (plural rollercoasters)
  1. An amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns. Categories (topical): Amusement rides Synonyms (ride): big dipper, switchback, coaster, 🎢 Translations (amusement ride): أُفْعُوَانِيَّة (ʔufʕuwāniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), амерыка́нскія го́ркі (amjerykánskija hórki) [feminine, plural] (Belarusian), ရိုလာကိုစတာ (ruilakuica.ta) (Burmese), muntanyes russes (english: Russian mountains) [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 過山車 (Chinese Cantonese), 过山车 (gwo³ saan¹ ce¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 過山車 (Chinese Mandarin), 过山车 (guòshānchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 雲霄飛車 (Chinese Mandarin), 云霄飞车 (yúnxiāo fēichē) (Chinese Mandarin), 空中飛車 (Chinese Mandarin), 空中飞车 (kōngzhōng fēichē) (Chinese Mandarin), horská dráha [feminine] (Czech), rutschebane (Danish), achtbaan [common-gender] (Dutch), onda fervojo (Esperanto), reltobogano (Esperanto), Ameerika mäed [plural] (Estonian), øka [feminine] (Faroese), vuoristorata (Finnish), montagnes russes (english: Russian mountains) [feminine, plural] (French), montaña rusa [feminine] (Galician), Achterbahn [feminine] (German), τρενάκι του λούνα παρκ (trenáki tou loúna park) (Greek), τρενάκι του τρόμου (trenáki tou trómou) [neuter] (Greek), רַכֶּבֶת הָרִים (rakevet harim) [feminine] (Hebrew), hullámvasút (Hungarian), rússíbani [masculine] (Icelandic), montanias russe (Interlingua), rollchóstóir [masculine] (Irish), montagne russe [feminine, plural] (Italian), otto volante [masculine] (Italian), ottovolante [masculine] (Italian), ローラーコースター (rōrākōsutā) (Japanese), ジェットコースター (jettokōsutā) (Japanese), 롤러코스터 (rolleokoseuteo) (Korean), curriculum retroflexum [neuter] (Latin), vectura flexuosa [feminine] (Latin), padata zeleznicka (english: little falling railroad) [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), лу́да желе́зница (lúda želéznica) [feminine] (Macedonian), waka rōnaki (Maori), галзуу хулгана (galzuu xulgana) (Mongolian), berg-og-dal-bane [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), berg-og-dal-bane [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ترن هوایی (teran-e havâyi) (Persian), rollercoaster [masculine] (Polish), kolejka górska [feminine] (Polish), montanha-russa (english: Russian mountain) [feminine] (Portuguese), montagne russe (english: Russian mountain) [neuter] (Romanian), muntogna russa [feminine] (Romansch), америка́нские го́рки (amerikánskije górki) (english: American hills) [feminine, plural] (Russian), влак смрти [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vlak smrti [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), horská dráha [feminine] (Slovak), vlak smrti (Slovene), montaña rusa (english: Russian mountain) [feminine] (Spanish), bergochdalbana [common-gender] (Swedish), berg-och-dal-bana [common-gender] (Swedish), รถไฟเหาะตีลังกา (rót-fai-hɔ̀-dtii-lang-gaa) (Thai), lunapark treni (Turkish), rusdağı (Turkish), америка́нські гі́рки (amerykánsʹki hírky) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian), tàu lượn siêu tốc (Vietnamese), ffigar-êt [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-rollercoaster-en-noun-V7J0e3I6 Disambiguation of Amusement rides: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'ride': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'amusement ride': 77 23
  2. (figurative, by extension) Any situation in which there are ups and downs, or violent changes. Tags: broadly, figuratively Synonyms (situation in which there are violent changes): merry-go-round, ride, saga, seesaw, soap opera, stir, yo-yo
    Sense id: en-rollercoaster-en-noun-O~-rNp72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'situation in which there are violent changes': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: roller coaster, roller-coaster Hyponyms: hypercoaster, megacoaster, Virginia reel, watercoaster Derived forms: rollercoaster ride, rollercoastering, rollercoasting, rollercoasterish

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          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
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          "word": "Achterbahn"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "roman": "rakevet harim",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "word": "hullámvasút"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
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          "word": "rússíbani"
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          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "word": "montanias russe"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rollchóstóir"
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          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "montagne russe"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "otto volante"
        },
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ottovolante"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rōrākōsutā",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "word": "ローラーコースター"
        },
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jettokōsutā",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "word": "ジェットコースター"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rolleokoseuteo",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "word": "롤러코스터"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "curriculum retroflexum"
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "vectura flexuosa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "lúda želéznica",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лу́да желе́зница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "word": "waka rōnaki"
        },
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "galzuu xulgana",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "word": "галзуу хулгана"
        },
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "berg-og-dal-bane"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "berg-og-dal-bane"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "teran-e havâyi",
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          "word": "ترن هوایی"
        },
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
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          "word": "rollercoaster"
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kolejka górska"
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          "english": "Russian mountain",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "montanha-russa"
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          "english": "Russian mountain",
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          "sense": "amusement ride",
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          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "english": "American hills",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "amerikánskije górki",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
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          "word": "америка́нские го́рки"
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "amusement ride",
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          "word": "влак смрти"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "horská dráha"
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "word": "vlak smrti"
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          "_dis1": "77 23",
          "code": "dsb",
          "english": "little falling railroad",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "padata zeleznicka"
        },
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          "english": "Russian mountain",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "amusement ride",
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          "word": "bergochdalbana"
        },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "ia",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "teran-e havâyi",
      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "word": "ترن هوایی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kolejka górska"
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      "code": "pt",
      "english": "Russian mountain",
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      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "montanha-russa"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "amerikánskije górki",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "berg-och-dal-bana"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rót-fai-hɔ̀-dtii-lang-gaa",
      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "word": "รถไฟเหาะตีลังกา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "word": "lunapark treni"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "word": "rusdağı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "amerykánsʹki hírky",
      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "америка́нські гі́рки"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "word": "tàu lượn siêu tốc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "amusement ride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffigar-êt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "rollercoaster"
  ],
  "word": "rollercoaster"
}

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