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There is a question titled "Does calling a road 'wavy' convey its shape clearly?" which looks like this is a duplicate, but in fact, it's not. In that question, there's talk of a road that slightly bends right and left, not up and down.

So how do you describe a road that is up down and road?

I am confused which word to use. There is one word to describe it. Can I say it is a zig-zag road?

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  @computercarguy Not a dupe. The road in the other question appears to be flat yet winding. The road in this question is neither flat nor winding.
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There is a question titled "Does calling a road 'wavy' convey its shape clearly?" which looks like this is a duplicate, but in fact, it's not. In that question, there's talk of a road that slightly bends right and left, not up and down.

So how do you describe a road that is up down and road?

I am confused which word to use. There is one word to describe it. Can I say it is a zig-zag road?

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  @computercarguy Not a dupe. The road in the other question appears to be flat yet winding. The road in this question is neither flat nor winding.
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There is a question titled "Does calling a road 'wavy' convey its shape clearly?" which looks like this is a duplicate, but in fact, it's not. In that question, there's talk of a road that slightly bends right and left, not up and down.

So how do you describe a road that is up down and road?

I am confused which word to use. There is one word to describe it. Can I say it is a zig-zag road?

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There is a question titled "Does calling a road 'wavy' convey its shape clearly?" which looks like this is a duplicate, but in fact, it's not. In that question, there's talk of a road that slightly bends right and left, not up and down.

So how do you describe a road that is up down and road?

I am confused which word to use. There is one word to describe it. Can I say it is a zig-zag road?

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  @Agangu: it's Roller Coaster Highway In Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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  Possible duplicate of Does calling a road 'wavy' convey its shape clearly?
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  @computercarguy Not a dupe. The road in the other question appears to be flat yet winding. The road in this question is neither flat nor winding.
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  @Agangu: it's Roller Coaster Highway In Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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  I think your picture says hilly road under it. See my answer.
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  Possible duplicate of Does calling a road 'wavy' convey its shape clearly?
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  @computercarguy Not a dupe. The road in the other question appears to be flat yet winding. The road in this question is neither flat nor winding.
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Do you know where this picture is taken?
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Do you know where this picture is taken?
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@Agangu: it's Roller Coaster Highway In Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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@Agangu: it's Roller Coaster Highway In Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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I think your picture says hilly road under it. See my answer.
– Lambie
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I think your picture says hilly road under it. See my answer.
– Lambie
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Possible duplicate of Does calling a road 'wavy' convey its shape clearly?
– computercarguy
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Possible duplicate of Does calling a road 'wavy' convey its shape clearly?
– computercarguy
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@computercarguy Not a dupe. The road in the other question appears to be flat yet winding. The road in this question is neither flat nor winding.
– Laurel
yesterday

@computercarguy Not a dupe. The road in the other question appears to be flat yet winding. The road in this question is neither flat nor winding.
– Laurel
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"Undulate" is often used for roads that go up and down, while 'zig-zag' is used for roads that repeatedly bend to the left and right.

The road undulates for three miles before descending into a valley.

I enjoy an undulating road while driving, but not while cycling.

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  A hilly road in everyday parlance.
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I would go with

Hilly

1. Characterized by hills; abounding in hills.

As in, "Are you sure we should take that road? Won't it be very hilly?"

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  This is the term I would use to describe it, and the one I usually hear.
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Rolling (OXD)

(of land) extending in gentle undulations.
‘the rolling countryside’

Alternatively, roller-coaster (MWD)

marked by numerous ups and downs
an entertainer's roller-coaster career

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Humpy

a. Having or characterized by humps; marked by protuberances; humped; hump-like.

One of the examples given in OED is:

1888 Co-operative News 4 Aug. 783 As the cars ascend and descend the humpy road.

(emphasis mine)

Also, the top result on a Google image search for "humpy road" returns:

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Up-and-down road:

having an uneven surface:

• up-and-down countryside. (Dictionary.com)

Ngram up-and-down road:

1) It is a curvy, up-and-down road.

2) Now cross over into Israel proper and continue another 10 km to Nazareth on the up-and-down road.

3) 'I'd even like to be on that drowned rat of a bus going north along an up-and- down road,' I said,

Also “wavy” is an adjective you may use:

Marked by or moving in a wavelike form or motion.

Wavy road in Chongqing - CCTV News …

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In Britain, we have road signs for such roads and are flagged by "Hidden dip" signs:

So you could say:

the road has a series of [hidden] dips

but this isn't the one word answer that you were looking for, so I would have to suggest a variant of Trevor's answer and say undulatory, as an adjective, even though this is normally used as undulatory locomotion.

Or... switchback?

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  Not switchback. That is a road that zig zags up a steep hillside.
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Camelback can be used for this type of road

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camelback

"Before the end you will be taken on a wild ride with a 540-degree helix, one spiral, a camelback hill and a carousel curve.
— Julia Fawal, Woman's Day, "10 Things You Never Knew About Roller Coasters," 24 July 2015"

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When cycling we'd call an undulating section like that "lumpy" (example event)

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A rippling road, as Rambling Rose would reply.

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I don't think there is a term that is used for a road such as this, because roads are long and winding and ever changing. Thus any term would fail to describe the road in whole.

When I was a kid we use to have a couple of slang terms for stretches of road like this. Roller coaster road, and we called the up and downs "Whoopy-dos".

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There is a track in south west Tasmania that crosses many of the spurs on the flank of Mt Picton, and as such it goes up and down many, many times. It is known as the Yo Yo Track, so a road can be said to yo yo or be a yo yoing road.

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A Sine might be a good word to represent this in a technological context.

Sinewaves are common when describing electrical currents or generated audio:

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"Undulate" is often used to describe moving objects so that we can explain how something moves.

"Bumpy" is a better choice and can be used to describe for surface features. Here are some instances for you:

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"Undulate" is often used for roads that go up and down, while 'zig-zag' is used for roads that repeatedly bend to the left and right.

The road undulates for three miles before descending into a valley.

I enjoy an undulating road while driving, but not while cycling.

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"Undulate" is often used for roads that go up and down, while 'zig-zag' is used for roads that repeatedly bend to the left and right.

The road undulates for three miles before descending into a valley.

I enjoy an undulating road while driving, but not while cycling.

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"Undulate" is often used for roads that go up and down, while 'zig-zag' is used for roads that repeatedly bend to the left and right.

The road undulates for three miles before descending into a valley.

I enjoy an undulating road while driving, but not while cycling.

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"Undulate" is often used for roads that go up and down, while 'zig-zag' is used for roads that repeatedly bend to the left and right.

The road undulates for three miles before descending into a valley.

I enjoy an undulating road while driving, but not while cycling.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  As of this comment, this is the only example I see that I might actually use in writing!
  – Ruadhan2300
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  7
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  That would be a good word for describing it in a book or similar form of writing, but in casual conversation that would sound out of place to me.
  – Herohtar
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  google.co.uk/…
  – Mari-Lou A
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  8
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  A hilly road in everyday parlance.
  – Lambie
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'll admit. If I saw undulate before this answer, I'd have to look it up to figure out what it means.
  – James Haug
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  As of this comment, this is the only example I see that I might actually use in writing!
  – Ruadhan2300
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  7
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  That would be a good word for describing it in a book or similar form of writing, but in casual conversation that would sound out of place to me.
  – Herohtar
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  google.co.uk/…
  – Mari-Lou A
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  8
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  A hilly road in everyday parlance.
  – Lambie
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'll admit. If I saw undulate before this answer, I'd have to look it up to figure out what it means.
  – James Haug
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

As of this comment, this is the only example I see that I might actually use in writing!
– Ruadhan2300
yesterday

As of this comment, this is the only example I see that I might actually use in writing!
– Ruadhan2300
yesterday

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7

That would be a good word for describing it in a book or similar form of writing, but in casual conversation that would sound out of place to me.
– Herohtar
yesterday

That would be a good word for describing it in a book or similar form of writing, but in casual conversation that would sound out of place to me.
– Herohtar
yesterday

google.co.uk/…
– Mari-Lou A
yesterday

google.co.uk/…
– Mari-Lou A
yesterday

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8

A hilly road in everyday parlance.
– Lambie
yesterday

A hilly road in everyday parlance.
– Lambie
yesterday

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4

I'll admit. If I saw undulate before this answer, I'd have to look it up to figure out what it means.
– James Haug
yesterday

I'll admit. If I saw undulate before this answer, I'd have to look it up to figure out what it means.
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Hilly

1. Characterized by hills; abounding in hills.

As in, "Are you sure we should take that road? Won't it be very hilly?"

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Hilly

1. Characterized by hills; abounding in hills.

As in, "Are you sure we should take that road? Won't it be very hilly?"

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Hilly

1. Characterized by hills; abounding in hills.

As in, "Are you sure we should take that road? Won't it be very hilly?"

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Hilly

1. Characterized by hills; abounding in hills.

As in, "Are you sure we should take that road? Won't it be very hilly?"

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This is the term I would use to describe it, and the one I usually hear.
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This is the term I would use to describe it, and the one I usually hear.
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Rolling (OXD)

(of land) extending in gentle undulations.
‘the rolling countryside’

Alternatively, roller-coaster (MWD)

marked by numerous ups and downs
an entertainer's roller-coaster career

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Rolling (OXD)

(of land) extending in gentle undulations.
‘the rolling countryside’

Alternatively, roller-coaster (MWD)

marked by numerous ups and downs
an entertainer's roller-coaster career

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  – Michael J.
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  I would have guessed a "rolling road" was some kind of sliproad for vehicles with non-functional breaks to roll to a halt on.
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  Another use of rolling road is those car power and brake testers ;)
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  I'm sorry, but this is a no-go. Rolling countryside but not rolling road.
  – Lambie
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up vote
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up vote
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Rolling (OXD)

(of land) extending in gentle undulations.
‘the rolling countryside’

Alternatively, roller-coaster (MWD)

marked by numerous ups and downs
an entertainer's roller-coaster career

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4,193923

Rolling (OXD)

(of land) extending in gentle undulations.
‘the rolling countryside’

Alternatively, roller-coaster (MWD)

marked by numerous ups and downs
an entertainer's roller-coaster career

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I would immediately think of something like the picture that the OP posted if I was told it was a "rolling road"
  – Michael J.
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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I would have guessed a "rolling road" was some kind of sliproad for vehicles with non-functional breaks to roll to a halt on.
  – Ruadhan2300
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Another use of rolling road is those car power and brake testers ;)
  – Trevor Christopher Butcher
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• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm sorry, but this is a no-go. Rolling countryside but not rolling road.
  – Lambie
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  No. 'Rolling road' has another quite specific meaning.
  – Laurence Payne
  18 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I would immediately think of something like the picture that the OP posted if I was told it was a "rolling road"
  – Michael J.
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I would have guessed a "rolling road" was some kind of sliproad for vehicles with non-functional breaks to roll to a halt on.
  – Ruadhan2300
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Another use of rolling road is those car power and brake testers ;)
  – Trevor Christopher Butcher
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  4
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm sorry, but this is a no-go. Rolling countryside but not rolling road.
  – Lambie
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  No. 'Rolling road' has another quite specific meaning.
  – Laurence Payne
  18 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

I would immediately think of something like the picture that the OP posted if I was told it was a "rolling road"
– Michael J.
yesterday

I would immediately think of something like the picture that the OP posted if I was told it was a "rolling road"
– Michael J.
yesterday

1

1

I would have guessed a "rolling road" was some kind of sliproad for vehicles with non-functional breaks to roll to a halt on.
– Ruadhan2300
yesterday

I would have guessed a "rolling road" was some kind of sliproad for vehicles with non-functional breaks to roll to a halt on.
– Ruadhan2300
yesterday

Another use of rolling road is those car power and brake testers ;)
– Trevor Christopher Butcher
yesterday

Another use of rolling road is those car power and brake testers ;)
– Trevor Christopher Butcher
yesterday

4

4

I'm sorry, but this is a no-go. Rolling countryside but not rolling road.
– Lambie
yesterday

I'm sorry, but this is a no-go. Rolling countryside but not rolling road.
– Lambie
yesterday

No. 'Rolling road' has another quite specific meaning.
– Laurence Payne
18 hours ago

No. 'Rolling road' has another quite specific meaning.
– Laurence Payne
18 hours ago

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Humpy

a. Having or characterized by humps; marked by protuberances; humped; hump-like.

One of the examples given in OED is:

1888 Co-operative News 4 Aug. 783 As the cars ascend and descend the humpy road.

(emphasis mine)

Also, the top result on a Google image search for "humpy road" returns:

(source)

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Humpy

a. Having or characterized by humps; marked by protuberances; humped; hump-like.

One of the examples given in OED is:

1888 Co-operative News 4 Aug. 783 As the cars ascend and descend the humpy road.

(emphasis mine)

Also, the top result on a Google image search for "humpy road" returns:

(source)

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Humpy

a. Having or characterized by humps; marked by protuberances; humped; hump-like.

One of the examples given in OED is:

1888 Co-operative News 4 Aug. 783 As the cars ascend and descend the humpy road.

(emphasis mine)

Also, the top result on a Google image search for "humpy road" returns:

(source)

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Humpy

a. Having or characterized by humps; marked by protuberances; humped; hump-like.

One of the examples given in OED is:

1888 Co-operative News 4 Aug. 783 As the cars ascend and descend the humpy road.

(emphasis mine)

Also, the top result on a Google image search for "humpy road" returns:

(source)

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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Due to other popular colloquial usage, words involving "hump" are pretty much not useful or appropriate for anything else...
  – R..
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• 
  
  
  

  
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  A kid might say humpy but a newspaper would say hilly.
  – Lambie
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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Due to other popular colloquial usage, words involving "hump" are pretty much not useful or appropriate for anything else...
  – R..
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

A kid might say humpy but a newspaper would say hilly.
– Lambie
yesterday

A kid might say humpy but a newspaper would say hilly.
– Lambie
yesterday

1

1

Due to other popular colloquial usage, words involving "hump" are pretty much not useful or appropriate for anything else...
– R..
yesterday

Due to other popular colloquial usage, words involving "hump" are pretty much not useful or appropriate for anything else...
– R..
yesterday

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Up-and-down road:

having an uneven surface:

• up-and-down countryside. (Dictionary.com)

Ngram up-and-down road:

1) It is a curvy, up-and-down road.

2) Now cross over into Israel proper and continue another 10 km to Nazareth on the up-and-down road.

3) 'I'd even like to be on that drowned rat of a bus going north along an up-and- down road,' I said,

Also “wavy” is an adjective you may use:

Marked by or moving in a wavelike form or motion.

Wavy road in Chongqing - CCTV News …

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Up-and-down road:

having an uneven surface:

• up-and-down countryside. (Dictionary.com)

Ngram up-and-down road:

1) It is a curvy, up-and-down road.

2) Now cross over into Israel proper and continue another 10 km to Nazareth on the up-and-down road.

3) 'I'd even like to be on that drowned rat of a bus going north along an up-and- down road,' I said,

Also “wavy” is an adjective you may use:

Marked by or moving in a wavelike form or motion.

Wavy road in Chongqing - CCTV News …

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up vote
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Up-and-down road:

having an uneven surface:

• up-and-down countryside. (Dictionary.com)

Ngram up-and-down road:

1) It is a curvy, up-and-down road.

2) Now cross over into Israel proper and continue another 10 km to Nazareth on the up-and-down road.

3) 'I'd even like to be on that drowned rat of a bus going north along an up-and- down road,' I said,

Also “wavy” is an adjective you may use:

Marked by or moving in a wavelike form or motion.

Wavy road in Chongqing - CCTV News …

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Up-and-down road:

having an uneven surface:

• up-and-down countryside. (Dictionary.com)

Ngram up-and-down road:

1) It is a curvy, up-and-down road.

2) Now cross over into Israel proper and continue another 10 km to Nazareth on the up-and-down road.

3) 'I'd even like to be on that drowned rat of a bus going north along an up-and- down road,' I said,

Also “wavy” is an adjective you may use:

Marked by or moving in a wavelike form or motion.

Wavy road in Chongqing - CCTV News …

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  The surface may be very even in fact.
  – Lambie
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The surface may be very even in fact.
– Lambie
yesterday

The surface may be very even in fact.
– Lambie
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In Britain, we have road signs for such roads and are flagged by "Hidden dip" signs:

So you could say:

the road has a series of [hidden] dips

but this isn't the one word answer that you were looking for, so I would have to suggest a variant of Trevor's answer and say undulatory, as an adjective, even though this is normally used as undulatory locomotion.

Or... switchback?

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In Britain, we have road signs for such roads and are flagged by "Hidden dip" signs:

So you could say:

the road has a series of [hidden] dips

but this isn't the one word answer that you were looking for, so I would have to suggest a variant of Trevor's answer and say undulatory, as an adjective, even though this is normally used as undulatory locomotion.

Or... switchback?

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  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Jim Interestingly enough the word switchback has more than one road-related meaning (first and third under transportation here)
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  @James - Yes it was a roller coaster that I had in mind when I suggested switchback, in particular the humps of a roller coaster.
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In Britain, we have road signs for such roads and are flagged by "Hidden dip" signs:

So you could say:

the road has a series of [hidden] dips

but this isn't the one word answer that you were looking for, so I would have to suggest a variant of Trevor's answer and say undulatory, as an adjective, even though this is normally used as undulatory locomotion.

Or... switchback?

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In Britain, we have road signs for such roads and are flagged by "Hidden dip" signs:

So you could say:

the road has a series of [hidden] dips

but this isn't the one word answer that you were looking for, so I would have to suggest a variant of Trevor's answer and say undulatory, as an adjective, even though this is normally used as undulatory locomotion.

Or... switchback?

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  Not switchback. That is a road that zig zags up a steep hillside.
  – Jim
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Jim Interestingly enough the word switchback has more than one road-related meaning (first and third under transportation here)
  – James
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @James - Yes it was a roller coaster that I had in mind when I suggested switchback, in particular the humps of a roller coaster.
  – Greenonline
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @James - Regardless. If you use that meaning you will be misunderstood.
  – Jim
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  A dippy road, then?
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  Not switchback. That is a road that zig zags up a steep hillside.
  – Jim
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Jim Interestingly enough the word switchback has more than one road-related meaning (first and third under transportation here)
  – James
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @James - Yes it was a roller coaster that I had in mind when I suggested switchback, in particular the humps of a roller coaster.
  – Greenonline
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @James - Regardless. If you use that meaning you will be misunderstood.
  – Jim
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  A dippy road, then?
  – Keith McClary
  6 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

5

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Not switchback. That is a road that zig zags up a steep hillside.
– Jim
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Not switchback. That is a road that zig zags up a steep hillside.
– Jim
yesterday

1

1

@Jim Interestingly enough the word switchback has more than one road-related meaning (first and third under transportation here)
– James
10 hours ago

@Jim Interestingly enough the word switchback has more than one road-related meaning (first and third under transportation here)
– James
10 hours ago

@James - Yes it was a roller coaster that I had in mind when I suggested switchback, in particular the humps of a roller coaster.
– Greenonline
10 hours ago

@James - Yes it was a roller coaster that I had in mind when I suggested switchback, in particular the humps of a roller coaster.
– Greenonline
10 hours ago

@James - Regardless. If you use that meaning you will be misunderstood.
– Jim
8 hours ago

@James - Regardless. If you use that meaning you will be misunderstood.
– Jim
8 hours ago

A dippy road, then?
– Keith McClary
6 hours ago

A dippy road, then?
– Keith McClary
6 hours ago

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Camelback can be used for this type of road

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camelback

"Before the end you will be taken on a wild ride with a 540-degree helix, one spiral, a camelback hill and a carousel curve.
— Julia Fawal, Woman's Day, "10 Things You Never Knew About Roller Coasters," 24 July 2015"

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  #werh your quote appears to be describing an actual roller coaster, rather than a road that is like a roller coaster. Do you have one that uses 'camelback' applied to a road?
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Camelback can be used for this type of road

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camelback

"Before the end you will be taken on a wild ride with a 540-degree helix, one spiral, a camelback hill and a carousel curve.
— Julia Fawal, Woman's Day, "10 Things You Never Knew About Roller Coasters," 24 July 2015"

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Camelback can be used for this type of road

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camelback

"Before the end you will be taken on a wild ride with a 540-degree helix, one spiral, a camelback hill and a carousel curve.
— Julia Fawal, Woman's Day, "10 Things You Never Knew About Roller Coasters," 24 July 2015"

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Camelback can be used for this type of road

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camelback

"Before the end you will be taken on a wild ride with a 540-degree helix, one spiral, a camelback hill and a carousel curve.
— Julia Fawal, Woman's Day, "10 Things You Never Knew About Roller Coasters," 24 July 2015"

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  #werh your quote appears to be describing an actual roller coaster, rather than a road that is like a roller coaster. Do you have one that uses 'camelback' applied to a road?
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#werh your quote appears to be describing an actual roller coaster, rather than a road that is like a roller coaster. Do you have one that uses 'camelback' applied to a road?
– Trevor Christopher Butcher
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#werh your quote appears to be describing an actual roller coaster, rather than a road that is like a roller coaster. Do you have one that uses 'camelback' applied to a road?
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When cycling we'd call an undulating section like that "lumpy" (example event)

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A rippling road, as Rambling Rose would reply.

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A rippling road, as Rambling Rose would reply.

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A rippling road, as Rambling Rose would reply.

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I don't think there is a term that is used for a road such as this, because roads are long and winding and ever changing. Thus any term would fail to describe the road in whole.

When I was a kid we use to have a couple of slang terms for stretches of road like this. Roller coaster road, and we called the up and downs "Whoopy-dos".

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When I was a kid we use to have a couple of slang terms for stretches of road like this. Roller coaster road, and we called the up and downs "Whoopy-dos".

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When I was a kid we use to have a couple of slang terms for stretches of road like this. Roller coaster road, and we called the up and downs "Whoopy-dos".

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I don't think there is a term that is used for a road such as this, because roads are long and winding and ever changing. Thus any term would fail to describe the road in whole.

When I was a kid we use to have a couple of slang terms for stretches of road like this. Roller coaster road, and we called the up and downs "Whoopy-dos".

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There is a track in south west Tasmania that crosses many of the spurs on the flank of Mt Picton, and as such it goes up and down many, many times. It is known as the Yo Yo Track, so a road can be said to yo yo or be a yo yoing road.

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There is a track in south west Tasmania that crosses many of the spurs on the flank of Mt Picton, and as such it goes up and down many, many times. It is known as the Yo Yo Track, so a road can be said to yo yo or be a yo yoing road.

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There is a track in south west Tasmania that crosses many of the spurs on the flank of Mt Picton, and as such it goes up and down many, many times. It is known as the Yo Yo Track, so a road can be said to yo yo or be a yo yoing road.

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There is a track in south west Tasmania that crosses many of the spurs on the flank of Mt Picton, and as such it goes up and down many, many times. It is known as the Yo Yo Track, so a road can be said to yo yo or be a yo yoing road.

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A Sine might be a good word to represent this in a technological context.

Sinewaves are common when describing electrical currents or generated audio:

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  One might describe a road as sinusoidal, but you'd be in danger of losing your reader with the relatively obscure mathematical term. It also holds no connotation of hills, a road that curves back and forth laterally is also sinusoidal.
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  A sine wave gets much steeper than an undulating road thus, so it's not even technically correct.
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Sinewaves are common when describing electrical currents or generated audio:

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  One might describe a road as sinusoidal, but you'd be in danger of losing your reader with the relatively obscure mathematical term. It also holds no connotation of hills, a road that curves back and forth laterally is also sinusoidal.
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  One might describe a road as sinusoidal, but you'd be in danger of losing your reader with the relatively obscure mathematical term. It also holds no connotation of hills, a road that curves back and forth laterally is also sinusoidal.
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  It would be a good term for a magazine like The New Yorker. It all depends on who the audience is.
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  A sine wave gets much steeper than an undulating road thus, so it's not even technically correct.
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  One might as well just stick with "wave" and drop the "sine".
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  One might describe a road as sinusoidal, but you'd be in danger of losing your reader with the relatively obscure mathematical term. It also holds no connotation of hills, a road that curves back and forth laterally is also sinusoidal.
  – Ruadhan2300
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  It would be a good term for a magazine like The New Yorker. It all depends on who the audience is.
  – Lambie
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  A sine wave gets much steeper than an undulating road thus, so it's not even technically correct.
  – gerrit
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @gerrit Try sin( x/10 )
  – Jim
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  One might as well just stick with "wave" and drop the "sine".
  – gerrit
  22 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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One might describe a road as sinusoidal, but you'd be in danger of losing your reader with the relatively obscure mathematical term. It also holds no connotation of hills, a road that curves back and forth laterally is also sinusoidal.
– Ruadhan2300
yesterday

One might describe a road as sinusoidal, but you'd be in danger of losing your reader with the relatively obscure mathematical term. It also holds no connotation of hills, a road that curves back and forth laterally is also sinusoidal.
– Ruadhan2300
yesterday

2

2

It would be a good term for a magazine like The New Yorker. It all depends on who the audience is.
– Lambie
yesterday

It would be a good term for a magazine like The New Yorker. It all depends on who the audience is.
– Lambie
yesterday

A sine wave gets much steeper than an undulating road thus, so it's not even technically correct.
– gerrit
yesterday

A sine wave gets much steeper than an undulating road thus, so it's not even technically correct.
– gerrit
yesterday

1

1

@gerrit Try sin( x/10 )
– Jim
yesterday

@gerrit Try sin( x/10 )
– Jim
yesterday

One might as well just stick with "wave" and drop the "sine".
– gerrit
22 hours ago

One might as well just stick with "wave" and drop the "sine".
– gerrit
22 hours ago

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"Undulate" is often used to describe moving objects so that we can explain how something moves.

"Bumpy" is a better choice and can be used to describe for surface features. Here are some instances for you:

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  This particular town was renowned for its rocky and bumpy road.

  
  




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  A road as rough and bumpy as the one in Raheens can lead to many
  injuries and fatalities over a four or five year period.

  
  

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  No, bumps are smaller. A gravel road is a bumpy road, for example.
  – Laurel
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up vote
-1
down vote

"Undulate" is often used to describe moving objects so that we can explain how something moves.

"Bumpy" is a better choice and can be used to describe for surface features. Here are some instances for you:

• 
  

  This particular town was renowned for its rocky and bumpy road.

  
  




• 
  

  A road as rough and bumpy as the one in Raheens can lead to many
  injuries and fatalities over a four or five year period.

  
  

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

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  No, bumps are smaller. A gravel road is a bumpy road, for example.
  – Laurel
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
-1
down vote

up vote
-1
down vote

"Undulate" is often used to describe moving objects so that we can explain how something moves.

"Bumpy" is a better choice and can be used to describe for surface features. Here are some instances for you:

• 
  

  This particular town was renowned for its rocky and bumpy road.

  
  




• 
  

  A road as rough and bumpy as the one in Raheens can lead to many
  injuries and fatalities over a four or five year period.

  
  

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

iamreading

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iamreading is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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"Undulate" is often used to describe moving objects so that we can explain how something moves.

"Bumpy" is a better choice and can be used to describe for surface features. Here are some instances for you:

• 
  

  This particular town was renowned for its rocky and bumpy road.

  
  




• 
  

  A road as rough and bumpy as the one in Raheens can lead to many
  injuries and fatalities over a four or five year period.

  
  

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  No, bumps are smaller. A gravel road is a bumpy road, for example.
  – Laurel
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  No, bumps are smaller. A gravel road is a bumpy road, for example.
  – Laurel
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

No, bumps are smaller. A gravel road is a bumpy road, for example.
– Laurel
yesterday

No, bumps are smaller. A gravel road is a bumpy road, for example.
– Laurel
yesterday

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