a situation in a story, film/movie, competition, etc. that is very exciting because you cannot guess what will happen next, or you do not find out immediately what happens next:
The first part of the serial ended with a real cliffhanger. * Tonight's vote on European policy threatens to be a cliffhanger.
cliffhanging adjective
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