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cliffhanger Definition

cliff·hanger (-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.

cliffhanger Related Forms
cliff·hang′·ing adjective or cliff·-hang′ing
cliffhanger Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: It doesn't have an ending, it has a cliffhanger.
  • see: The final episode caused more upset when it ended on one of the most dramatic cliffhangers seen on UK television for many years.

Preposition: at

  • end: Also, I like the cliffhanger at the end.

Adjective modifier

  • good: The end of episode 2 is a good cliffhanger which makes you think is Ace really finished this time!
  • real: The second was a real cliffhanger with Lewis taking the game 16-14, from a 10-8 deficit.
  • dramatic: The final episode caused more upset when it ended on one of the most dramatic cliffhangers seen on UK television for many years.
  • brilliant: The ending is a brilliant cliffhanger for the next book - Outcast!
  • massive: Yes, there's a massive cliffhanger of an ending.
  • great: One great cliffhanger does not a good story make.

Modifies a noun

  • ending: Scorpia created a stir among its huge legion of fans on release due to its gripping cliffhanger ending.
  • finale: With a cliffhanger finale, the Bodge Job is the caper movie to beat them all.
  • moment: Each of these is a bit of an episode, the cliffhanger moment from ' Heart of Hearts ' .
  • episode: I had a brief from upstairs that this was the cliffhanger episode that would lead to series two.
  • situation: I wake before I find out how I'm going to get out of this cliffhanger situation I've put myself in.

Noun used with modifier

  • season: This is the series that invented the season cliffhanger and left the world guessing Who Shot JR?

Browse dictionary entries near cliffhanger

  1. cliff swallow
  2. cliff dweller
  3. cliff
  4. clientele
  5. client/server
  6. client mesh
  7. Client Computer
  8. client
  9. CLID
  10. clicketyclack
  1. Clifford
  2. Clifton
  3. climacteric
  4. climactic
  5. climate
  6. climatology
  7. climax
  8. climb
  9. climb down
  10. climber