cliffhanger

Everyday

1. A cliffhanger is an exciting ending to a chapter or episode that leaves you not knowing what will happen next, so you want to read or watch more. tree →
2. A cliffhanger is also any contest or situation where the result stays uncertain until the very end. tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons on writing stories and suspense: end a chapter with a cliffhanger; in TV series and books; in sport, a close game; it tells the reader to keep going.

Examples

• The chapter ended on a cliffhanger. tree →
• I couldn't stop reading because of the cliffhangers. tree →
• The match was a real cliffhanger until the final whistle. tree →
• Write a cliffhanger to end your story's middle part. tree →
• The TV series always ends with a cliffhanger. tree →

Note

Countable. One word. The idea comes from old stories where the hero was left hanging from a cliff at the end of an episode.