Definitions
A suspenseful ending that leaves the outcome uncertain.
Word origin
From cliff + hanger, evoking the image of someone left hanging from a cliff, thereby having an uncertain fate.
Used in a sentence
“Back in the early 80s, the hit series Dallas kept the nation guessing with its season-ending cliffhanger "Who Shot J.R.?"”
“This presidential election is such a cliffhanger. Will it be the rising star Dmitry "Obamovich" Medvedev? Or the veteran Gennady "McCainovich" Zyuganov?”
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