Sekirov Dictionary

waterfall

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/

noun 9
verb 3
forms 3

noun9

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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 — 1977
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(figurative) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
- A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
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Short for waterfall model
- A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
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(US, slang) The 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?
A chart depicting the timing and duration of network requests.
A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
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(informal, old-fashioned) A beard.
- I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […] — 1870
(informal, old-fashioned) A chignon (hairstyle).
(informal, old-fashioned) A necktie.

verb3

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To fall like a waterfall.
- Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face. — 1994
To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
Synonym of recycle.

forms

waterfalled · waterfalling · waterfalls

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