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cliff·hang·er C0405500 (klĭf′hăng′ər)n.1. A melodramatic serial in which each episode ends in suspense.2. A suspenseful situation occurring at the end of a chapter, scene, or episode.3. A contest so closely matched that the outcome is uncertain until the end.
cliff′hang′ing adj.cliffhanger (ˈklɪfˌhæŋə) n1. (Film) a. a situation of imminent disaster usually occurring at the end of each episode of a serialized filmb. the serialized film itself2. a situation that is dramatic or uncertain ˈcliffˌhanging adjThesaurus| Noun | 1. | cliffhanger - a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very endcontest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | | 2. | cliffhanger - an episode that ends in suspenseinstalment, installment, episode - a part of a broadcast serial |
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cliffhanger1. An ending of a piece of fiction (e.g., a television episode, chapter of a book, a film, etc.) characterized by a dramatically suspenseful and uncertain end. A good summer book always has a cliffhanger at the end of each chapter so that you never want to put it down! Judging by that movie's cliffhanger, I'd say we'll be seeing a sequel coming out fairly soon.2. A serial television or film production characterized by such endings. That show is a cliffhanger—the episodes never really have endings.3. Any contest, competition, or other such situation in which the outcome is suspenseful and uncertain until the very end. The two teams have been neck and neck for the entire second half, and with two minutes left this match has become a real cliffhanger. This election is looking like a cliffhanger, and we won't be able to truly say who's won until all the votes are counted.cliffhangerenUK
cliffhanger a situation of imminent disaster usually occurring at the end of each episode of a serialized film CliffhangerenUK
Drug slang A regional term for PCP
Alternative—fringe medicine An exercise in polarity therapy intended to loosen the chest and shoulders, expand the lungs, stretch the vertebral column, and release pelvic tension
Vox populi A moment of extreme—Hollywood-esque—tensioncliffhangerenUK
Words related to cliffhangernoun a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very endRelated Wordsnoun an episode that ends in suspenseRelated Words- instalment
- installment
- episode
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