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tunnel of love

American  

noun

  1. a ride in an amusement park consisting of a dark, narrow, covered passageway through which small cars or boats are mechanically conveyed, usually frequented by couples.


Etymology

Origin of tunnel of love

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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Adrift in a 1990s-esque dream-pop reverie, Uchis coasts through a tunnel of love, her ethereal voice cradled by reverberations of electric guitars.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

If you remember the swan boats in carnival tunnel of love rides or for rent in fancy city ponds, the swan bed is like that, but a bed.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022

Welcome, the theater seems to be saying, to the tunnel of love.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2019

Inside its Moorish-inspired walls there was a ballroom, cinema and café, and outside, a tunnel of love, a lovers' lane lined by Kauri trees, tennis courts and fountains.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2018

You fear you may be headed into a genre fiction tunnel of love.

From New York Times • May 19, 2016

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