rollercoaster

English

Wikipedia

A rollercoaster

Alternative forms

• roller coaster
• roller-coaster

Noun

rollercoaster (plural rollercoasters)

1. An amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.
2. (by extension) Any situation in which there are violent changes in status

   Our relationship was quite a roller coaster. Finally, I had enough of it and left her.

   The stock market has been quite the roller coaster in the last few weeks.

Synonyms

• big dipper
• switchback
• (situation in which there are violent changes in status): merry-go-round, ride, saga, seesaw, soap opera, stir, yo-yo

Translations

amusement ride

Arabic: الأفعوانية (ar) (al-af-'o-waa-ni-ya) Chinese: Mandarin: 過山車 (cmn), 过山车 (cmn) (guòshānchē) Danish: rutschebane (da) Dutch: achtbaan (nl) c. Estonian: Ameerika mäed (et) pl. Finnish: vuoristorata (fi) French: montagnes russes (fr) pl. German: Achterbahn (de) f. Hebrew: רכבת הרים (he) (rakevet harim) f.

Hungarian: hullámvasút (hu) Icelandic: rússíbani (is) m. Italian: montagne russe (it) f. pl. Japanese: ローラーコースター (ja) (rōrākōsutā) Korean: 롤러코스터 (ko) (rolleokoseuteo) Polish: kolejka górska (pl) f. Portuguese: montanha-russa (pt) f. Russian: американские горки (ru) (amierikaniskiïe gorki) f. pl. Spanish: montaña rusa (es) f. Swedish: bergochdalbana (sv) c., berg-och-dal-bana (sv) c.

Adjective

rollercoaster (not comparable)

1. Of or like a rollercoaster.

   Life with him was a rollercoaster ride.