white-knuckle ride

white-knuckle ride
a) An extremely exciting ride at an amusement park, etc., where ones hands grip on so tightly that the knuckles appear white.

A newly-devised ‘white-knuckle’ ride in a funfair was named ‘the Braveheart ride’.

b) Any extremely exciting or nerve-wracking experience.

They must be insane to think Judy Finnegan would retire from the daily white-knuckle ride that is live television with Richard Madeley.


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  • white-knuckle ride — ˌwhite ˈknuckle ride f6 [white knuckle ride] noun a ride at a ↑fairground that makes you feel very excited and frightened at the same time …   Useful english dictionary

  • white-knuckle — adj [only before noun] a white knuckle ride at a ↑fairground makes you feel excited and afraid at the same time …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • white-knuckle — white ,knuckle adjective a white knuckle ride or trip makes you feel very frightened because it is exciting or dangerous …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • white-knuckle — 1) ADJ: ADJ n In a fairground, a white knuckle ride is any large machine that people ride on which is very exciting but also frightening. ...white knuckle rides such as the loop the loop Python rollercoaster and the Pirana adventure through… …   English dictionary

  • white-knuckle — also white knuckled adjective Date: 1974 marked by, causing, or experiencing tense nervousness < a white knuckle ride on a roller coaster > < a white knuckle passenger > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • white-knuckle — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ adjective also white knuckled ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ : marked by, causing, or experiencing tense nervousness a white knuckle ride on a roller coaster a white knuckle passenger …   Useful english dictionary

  • white-knuckle — adjective causing fear or nervous excitement: a white knuckle ride. Origin 1970s: with ref. to the effect caused by gripping tightly to steady oneself …   English new terms dictionary

  • white-knuckle — UK / US adjective a white knuckle ride or journey makes you feel very frightened because it is exciting or dangerous …   English dictionary

  • white-knuckle — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing fear or nervous excitement. ORIGIN with reference to the effect caused by gripping tightly to steady oneself on a fairground ride …   English terms dictionary

  • white-knuckle — /waɪt ˈnʌkəl/ (say wuyt nukuhl) adjective 1. arousing extreme fear, anxiety or panic: that was a white knuckle trip in the car. –phrase (white knuckled, white knuckling) 2. white knuckle it, Chiefly US to endure courageously, especially drug… …  

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