Definition of "waterfall"

waterfall

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/

noun
plural waterfalls
1. A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
2. (figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
3. (technical, computing, slang) Waterfall model
4. (slang, US) The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.
5. (colloquial, dated) A necktie.
6. (colloquial, dated) A chignon.
7. (colloquial, dated) A beard.
  Quotations
  I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls […]
  1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872
verb
third-person singular simple present waterfalls, present participle waterfalling, simple past and past participle waterfalled
1. (intransitive) To fall like a waterfall.
  Quotations
  Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face.
  1994, Nora Roberts, Private Scandals, page 54
  Zondra, whose dirty-blond hair waterfalled above her head from a colorful tie, gave a snorting, horsey kind of laugh.
  1999, Jane Yolen with Bruce Coville, Armageddon Summer, page 79
  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.
  2008, John Gardner, No Human Enemy, page 156
2. (transitive) To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
3. (roller derby) Synonym of recycle

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