Definition of "white-knuckle" []

• Slang Characterized by tense nervousness or apprehension: a white-knuckle emergency landing; white-knuckle time in the hospital waiting room. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Hurd had also been quoted as saying that Final Orbit has “all of the classic cat-and-mouse, edge-of-your-seat elements to be a fantastic white-knuckle thriller.”"
• "The white-knuckle stretch from Monterey to Saltilo has now been bypassed with a beautifully engineered toll road."
• "That Skyway is reserved for New Jersey white-knuckle driving."