rollercoastering

English

Etymology

rollercoaster +‎ -ing

Adjective

rollercoastering (comparative more rollercoastering, superlative most rollercoastering)

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