waterfall

plural waterfalls

1. 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, Brothers Johnson, “Strawberry Letter 23”, in Right on Time

   Synonyms: cataract, cascade, falls, force, foss, forcefall, sault, catadupe

2. figurativelyA waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

   A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.

3. abbreviationcomputingShort for waterfall model

   A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.

4. web developmentA chart depicting the timing and duration of network requests.
5. USslangThe 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?

6. colloquialdatedA necktie.
7. colloquialdatedA chignon (hairstyle).
8. colloquialdatedA beard.

   I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […]

   1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “”, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, pages 569–570

9. gymnasticsA kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.

present singular third person waterfalls · participle present waterfalling · participle past waterfalled · past waterfalled

1. intransitiveTo fall like a waterfall.

   Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face.

   1994, Nora Roberts, Private Scandals, page 54

   2 more examples

   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. transitiveTo drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
3. roller derbySynonym of recycle.

   Synonyms: recycle

1. historicalartA stylistic art trend for furniture which was popular in the 1930s and 1940s, featuring wooden surfaces and curved edges prominently in its design.
2. A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
3. A barangay of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
4. A barangay of Panabo, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
5. A barangay of Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
6. A barangay of Sulop, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
7. A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.