Cliff
[klif] /klɪf/
noun
1.
a high steep face of a rock.
2.
a critical point or situation beyond which something bad or undesirable may occur:
The committee is right up to the cliff with no deal in sight.
[klif] /klɪf/
noun
1.
a male given name, form of or .
/klɪf/
noun
1.
a steep high rock face, esp one that runs along the seashore and has the strata exposed
n.
Old English clif “rock, promontory, steep slope,” from Proto-Germanic *kliban (cf. Old Saxon clif, Old Norse klif, Middle Dutch klippe, Dutch klip, Old High German klep, German Klippe “cliff, promontory, steep rock”).
Clift has been a variant spelling since 15c. and was common in early Modern English, influenced by or merged with clift, a variant of cleft (n.). Cliff-dweller first attested 1889, American English.
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[klif-hang] /ˈklɪfˌhæŋ/ verb (used without object), cliff-hung, cliff-hanging. Informal. 1. to wait eagerly for the outcome of a suspenseful situation or contest.
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[klif-hang-er] /ˈklɪfˌhæŋ ər/ noun 1. a melodramatic adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment. 2. a situation or contest of which the outcome is suspensefully uncertain up to the very last moment: The game was a cliff-hanger, but our team finally […]
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[klif-hang-er] /ˈklɪfˌhæŋ ər/ noun 1. a melodramatic adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment. 2. a situation or contest of which the outcome is suspensefully uncertain up to the very last moment: The game was a cliff-hanger, but our team finally […]