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rollercoastering en · ADJ

Etymology

From rollercoaster + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) Moving rapidly and unpredictably.
    • Their own fortunes were so vast and so diversified that they were largely unaffected by the stock exchange's fickle rollercoastering activity. 2006, Joseph Armstead, Nightflesh, page 18:
    • This club was crammed full of men who'd lived through the afternoon's rollercoastering emotions. 2011, Mark Fleming, Brainbomb, page 101:

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more rollercoastering Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most rollercoastering Degree=Sup lexicographic
rollercoasting alternative lexicographic