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- Dictionarycliffhanger/ˈklɪfˌhaŋə/
noun
- 1. a dramatic and exciting ending to an episode of a serial, leaving the audience in suspense and anxious not to miss the next episode: "it will take more than outrageous cliffhangers to win the ratings wars"
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a story or situation, often dangerous or of great importance, where two opposite results are possible and you do not know what the result will be until the last moment: The polls are too close to call, and it looks like this election is going to be a real cliffhanger.
A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode or a film of serialized fiction. A cliffhanger is hoped to incentivize the audience to return to see how the characters resolve the dilemma.
A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.