chute-the-chute

chute-the-chute
/shooht"dheuh shooht', shooht"euh shooht'/, n.
1. a ride or coaster, as at an amusement park or carnival, that provides thrills or excitement by moving passengers down steep dips and around sharp curves, esp. one having a track that ends in water. Cf. roller coaster.
2. a steep or curving slide used for purposes of amusement.
3. any ride, motion, or experience that produces a sensation of rapid or curving descent: an emotional chute-the-chute.
Also, chute-the-chutes.
[1890-95, Amer.; see CHUTE1]

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