lazy river

[ ley-zee riv-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a long, shallow pool, as at a resort or water park, with a slow current that allows people on rafts or inner tubes to coast along.

First recorded in 1985–90

It really is like being stuck in one of those lazy river tube adventures in a water park, going around in circles.

The lazy River Cam moves leisurely through them, as if loath to leave, and as though admiring its visit and stay.

On reaching the brow of a short hill he becomes suddenly aware of Beauvais, lying below him in the valley beside a lazy river.

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