Definitions

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  • verb intransitive To be in suspense.

Etymologies

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Back-formation from cliffhanger.

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Examples

  • I cliffhang ... and then if I give up ... we get this sort of thing.

    New FIC...just because...BEDTIME STORY rabid1st 2009

  • We cliffhang there, with the Dynamo 5 down to 4, Augie lying to cover their actions, Maddie recovering from her first super-fight, and Captain Dynamo in a navy blue banana hammock.

    Dynamo 5 #7 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Not, go here martini it metabolite it andrei a angeles but roustabout in betony in resignation in anxiety, dreamboat and progress may conspire on offsetting a khan the reptile see petrify in forsake it grizzly not monkeyflower! choral it algonquin some selves it elmsford see lew not anastasia be coequal some bankrupt in ethnic a purgative not bridal on chimera and ammonia be cliffhang! began or kickback be amalgam or tycoon!

    Mark Dery's Literary Spam Ben Barren 2006

  • Not, go here martini it metabolite it andrei a angeles but roustabout in betony in resignation in anxiety, dreamboat and progress may conspire on offsetting a khan the reptile see petrify in forsake it grizzly not monkeyflower! choral it algonquin some selves it elmsford see lew not anastasia be coequal some bankrupt in ethnic a purgative not bridal on chimera and ammonia be cliffhang! began or kickback be amalgam or tycoon!

    Archive 2006-01-01 Ben Barren 2006

  • There's some things I can't say and a lot of that question that I can't answer because there's this bada** piece of information that ties her in to a lot of the season's thematics, and then we cliffhang the hell out of her and leave her in dire straits.

    EclipseMagazine 2009

  • With both Amanda and her Squad missing, we cliffhang there, wondering exactly what she’s up to and whether or not she can get out of it.

    Checkmate #18 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

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