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- Dictionarycliffhanger/ˈklɪfˌhaŋə/
noun
- 1. a dramatic and exciting ending to an episode of a serial, leaving the audience in suspense and anxious not to miss the next episode: "it will take more than outrageous cliffhangers to win the ratings wars"
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a story or situation, often dangerous or of great importance, where two opposite results are possible and you do not know what the result will be until the last moment: The polls are too close to call, and it looks like this election is going to be a real cliffhanger.
A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode or a film of serialized fiction. A cliffhanger is hoped to incentivize the audience to return to see how the characters resolve the dilemma.
The meaning of CLIFF-HANGER is an adventure serial or melodrama; especially : one presented in installments each ending in suspense. How to use cliff-hanger in a sentence.
a story or situation, often dangerous or of great importance, where two opposite results are possible and you do not know what the result will be until the last moment: The polls are too close to call, and it looks like this election is going to be a real cliffhanger.
A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next. The election is likely to be a cliff-hanger.
A cliffhanger is a plot device in a book, movie, or TV show that leaves the audience in suspense at the end of a scene or episode. If your favorite show ends its season with a cliffhanger, you'll have to wait months to find out what happens next.
Cliffhanger definition: a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.. See examples of CLIFFHANGER used in a sentence.
a situation in a story, film, competition, etc. that is very exciting because you cannot guess what will happen next, or you do not find out immediately what happens next. The first part of the serial ended with a real cliffhanger. Tonight’s vote on European policy threatens to be a cliffhanger.
A tense or dramatic ending to an episode of a series of films, television programmes, books, etc., which leaves the audience in suspense and anxious to discover what will happen next; (also) a work or series which regularly uses or is characterized by such endings.
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. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
