cliff-hanging

Variant of cliffhanger

cliffhanger definition

☆ cliff·hanger or cliff-hanger cliff′·-hang′er (-haŋ′ər)

noun

  1. an early type of serialized film in which each episode ended with a suspenseful climax, as the hero hanging from a cliff
  2. any highly suspenseful story, situation, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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