cliff-hanger
11Cliff-hanger — Cliffhanger ist heute hauptsächlich assoziiert mit Fernsehserien, Seifenopern, selten mit planvoll fortgesetzten Kinofilmen. Der Begriff steht für den hängenden Ausgang einer Handlung auf ihrem Höhepunkt am Ende einer Episode, Fragen offen… …
12cliff hanger — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, antimasque, audience success, ballet, bomb, broadcast drama, burlesque show, charade, closet drama, comedy drama, critical success, daytime serial, dialogue, documentary drama,… …
13cliff hanger — suspenseful drama; suspenseful situation; contest the outcome of which is uncertain up to the very end …
14a cliff-hanger — a game that is close until the end, a barnburner Every election in this town is a real cliff hanger a close race …
15Cliff's Amusement Park — The peak of the Rattler Location …
16cliff-hang — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb : to end an installment of a cliff hanger with a suspenseful usually melodramatic unresolved conflict designed to entice the audience to read or view the succeeding installment to discover the resolution of the… …
17cliff-hanging — /klif hang ing/, adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a cliff hanger: a cliff hanging vote of 20 19. Also, cliffhanging. [1935 40, Amer.] * * * …
18cliff — n. a steep rock face, esp. at the edge of the sea. Phrases and idioms: cliff hanger a story etc. with a strong element of suspense; a suspenseful ending to an episode of a serial. cliff hanging full of suspense. Derivatives: clifflike adj. cliffy …
19cliff-hanging — adjective (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense • Syn: ↑suspenseful, ↑suspensive, ↑nail biting • Similar to: ↑tense * * * /klif hang ing/, adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a cliff hanger: a cliff hanging vote of 20 19 …
20cliff-hang — intransitive verb Etymology: back formation from cliff hanger Date: 1946 to await the outcome of a suspenseful situation …
