CLIFFHANGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cliffhanger mean? 

• CLIFFHANGER (noun)
  The noun CLIFFHANGER has 2 senses:

1. a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end

2. an episode that ends in suspense

  Familiarity information: CLIFFHANGER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLIFFHANGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("cliffhanger" is a kind of...):

competition; contest (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An episode that ends in suspense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cliffhanger" is a kind of...):

episode; installment; instalment (a part of a broadcast serial)