water slide

or wa·ter·slide

[ waw-ter slahyd, wot-er ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of water slide¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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.

From 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.

From The Daily Beast

The stream looked smaller, and the water-slide less terrible, than they seemed in the book.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

So I lay watching the cruel water slide past, while a host of impossible schemes flashed through my bewildered brain.

From Project Gutenberg

There was one, a water-slide rather than a fall, which I stopped long to admire.

From Project Gutenberg

And so should we, my sons,” said the big fellow, “if we had gone down that water-slide on the first raft.

From Project Gutenberg