cliffhang

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• cliff-hang

[edit] Etymology

Back-formation from cliffhanger.

[edit] Verb

to cliffhang (third-person singular simple present cliffhangs, present participle cliffhanging, simple past and past participle cliffhung)

1. (intransitive) To be in suspense.
   • 2009 February 1, Clare Clark, “An Appetite for Venice”, New York Times:

     With furtive references to Gnostic gospels and a cast of characters that includes a beautiful blond novice (with whom Luciano fancies himself in love), a corrupt council of cardinals, a syphilitic doge and the brutal Cappe Nere, or secret police, all abroad in Venice’s sinister maze of watery alleyways, the scene looks set for a cliffhanging ­thriller in the style of “The Da Vinci Code.”