cliffhanger | | |
n. (event) | 1. cliffhanger | a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end. |
| ~ contest, competition | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
n. (communication) | 2. cliffhanger | an episode that ends in suspense. |
| ~ instalment, installment, episode | a part of a broadcast serial. |
snake | | |
n. (animal) | 1. ophidian, serpent, snake | limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous. |
| ~ diapsid, diapsid reptile | reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye. |
| ~ ophidia, serpentes, suborder ophidia, suborder serpentes | snakes. |
| ~ colubrid, colubrid snake | mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes. |
| ~ blind snake, worm snake | wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes. |
| ~ constrictor | any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils. |
| ~ elapid, elapid snake | any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres. |
| ~ sea snake | any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom. |
| ~ viper | venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw. |
n. (person) | 2. snake, snake in the grass | a deceitful or treacherous person. |
| ~ bad person | a person who does harm to others. |
n. (object) | 3. snake, snake river | a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition. |
| ~ gem state, id, idaho | a state in the Rocky Mountains. |
| ~ beaver state, or, oregon | a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific. |
| ~ evergreen state, wa, washington | a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific. |
| ~ equality state, wy, wyoming | a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east. |
| ~ river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).; "the river was navigable for 50 miles" |
| ~ twin falls, twin | a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho. |
n. (object) | 4. hydra, snake | a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer. |
| ~ constellation | a configuration of stars as seen from the earth. |
n. (artifact) | 5. snake | something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake. |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| ~ closet auger | a snake used to unblock toilets. |
| ~ auger, plumber's snake | a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes. |
| ~ trap-and-drain auger | a plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain. |
v. (motion) | 6. snake | move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake. |
| ~ glide | move smoothly and effortlessly. |
v. (stative) | 7. snake | form a snake-like pattern.; "The river snakes through the valley" |
| ~ curve, wind, twist | extend in curves and turns.; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" |
v. (motion) | 8. snake | move along a winding path.; "The army snaked through the jungle" |
| ~ meander, thread, wind, wander, weave | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
hang up | | |
v. (contact) | 1. hang up | put a telephone receiver back in its cradle. |
| ~ put back, replace | put something back where it belongs.; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" |
v. (contact) | 2. hang, hang up | cause to be hanging or suspended.; "Hang that picture on the wall" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ suspend | hang freely.; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them" |
| ~ hang | be suspended or hanging.; "The flag hung on the wall" |
| ~ hang | be suspended or hanging.; "The flag hung on the wall" |
| ~ sling | hang loosely or freely; let swing. |
v. (change) | 3. hang up | interrupt a telephone conversation. |
| ~ break off, break short, cut short | interrupt before its natural or planned end.; "We had to cut short our vacation" |
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