Hypercoaster (Noun)
Meaning
A roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The new hypercoaster at the amusement park features a 240-foot drop and can reach speeds of up to 90 miles per hour in just a few seconds.
- Riders on the hypercoaster experience intense G-forces as they accelerate from 0 to 70 miles per hour in just four seconds.
- The park's latest addition is a hypercoaster with multiple inversions and an impressive 250-foot peak.
- Traveling at such high speeds on the hypercoaster can be both exhilarating and terrifying to many of its brave riders.
- Since the debut of the steel hypercoaster in the late '90s, many parks have sought to build their own to be the biggest and the best.