white knuckle ride

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Definition of white knuckle ride in English English dictionary

Alternative spelling of white-knuckle ride

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.

An extremely exciting ride at an amusement park, etc., where one's hands grip on so tightly that the knuckles appear white

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

Hyphenation

White knuck·le ride

Turkish pronunciation

hwayt nʌkıl rayd

Pronunciation

/ˈhwīt ˈnəkəl ˈrīd/ /ˈhwaɪt ˈnʌkəl ˈraɪd/