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A contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
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cliffhanger
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cliffhanger is a plot device as an ending of a fictional work. Cliffhanger(s) or Cliff Hanger(s) may also refer to: Film and television: Cliffhanger (film) , 1993 action film starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow Cliffhangers (TV series) , American ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Actors have been told to keep the show's cliffhanger ending a secret. ▪ Malcome and Jones are in cliffhanger re-election races. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Give them an election-year cliffhanger ! ▪ He turns a daunting running ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context narratology English) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense. 2 (context by extension English) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for ...
Usage examples of cliffhanger.
I think it may be awhile before I get back to them again, although the fans are going to howl their heads off about that cliffhanger ending on the train out of Lud.
I should be happy and guess I am, but I'm still getting a ton of letters about the cliffhanger ending.
I should be happy and guess I am, but I’m still getting a ton of letters about the cliffhanger ending.
Meanwhile, she was trying hard to forget the opening scene in Cliffhanger, where a frightened climber plunges to her death.
The cliffhanger ending, with the Armada approaching even as Sister Bernie faces the headman's axe, made for a long and suspenseful week as Vixites throughout the country waited avidly to find out what would happen next.
In The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman deftly weaves the cliffhangers and mysteries of The Golden Compass and The Subtle.
Although the people of Lancre were technically new to all this, down at genetic level they knew that when the mob is at the gate the mobee should be screaming defiance in a burning laboratory or engaged in a cliffhanger struggle with some hero on the battlements.