water slide

[ waw-ter slahyd, wot-er ]

noun

a wet slide that ends in a pool or other area of water, especially a long, twisting slide or chute at a water park: I like the water slides where you ride down on a tube, but my favorites are the ones you just sit directly on.

Origin of water slide

First recorded in 1885–90

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

It’s emblematic of the dreamlike Hawaii resort experience, with meticulously groomed grounds of colorful hibiscus and fragrant bougainvillea and plumeria, two swimming pools connected by a water slide and a third pool strictly for adults.
A Maui vacation in three acts | Alex Pulaski | February 12, 2021 | Washington Post
For those who like to do their swimming indoors, the estate has a massive indoor swimming pool with waterfalls and a water slide.
Hamptons Summer Rentals top $1 million | CNBC | May 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The stream looked smaller, and the water-slide less terrible, than they seemed in the book.
Fisherman's Luck | Henry van Dyke
With that, I girt up my breeches anew, and slung the fish tighter round my neck, and began to climb up through the water-slide.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol. I | Various
So I lay watching the cruel water slide past, while a host of impossible schemes flashed through my bewildered brain.
Lorimer of the Northwest | Harold Bindloss

There was one, a water-slide rather than a fall, which I stopped long to admire.
Pencillings by the Way | N. Parker Willis
And so should we, my sons,” said the big fellow, “if we had gone down that water-slide on the first raft.
To Win or to Die | George Manville Fenn

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