waterfall
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈwɔːtəfɔːl//
- Australia//ˈwoːtəfoːl//
- Scotland//ˈwɔtəɾfɔl//
- //ˈwɔtɚfɔl//
- //ˈwɑtɚfɑl//
A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
noun
- 1
A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
Hello, my love, I heard a kiss from you / Red magic satin playing near too / All through the morning rain I gaze, the sun doesn't shine / Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind
- 2
figurativeA waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
- 3
A chart depicting the timing and duration of network requests.
- 4
slangThe action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.
Hey man, can I take a waterfall from your bottle?
- 5
datedA necktie.
- 6
datedA chignon (hairstyle).
- 7
datedA beard.
I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […]
- 8
A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
- 9
Variant of waterfall modelShort for waterfall model
A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
Etymology
From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).
verb
- 1
To fall like a waterfall.
Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face.
Zondra, whose dirty-blond hair waterfalled above her head from a colorful tie, gave a snorting, horsey kind of laugh.
they turned into the drive of The Manor with its red-brick front and the wonderful cloak of Virginia creeper waterfalling down between the windows.
- 2
To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
- 3
Synonym of recycle.
Forms
- plural
- waterfalls
- past tense
- waterfalled
- past participle
- waterfalled
- present participle
- waterfalling
- third person singular
- waterfalls
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