waterfall
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Is waterfall a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.Examples: "A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer."figuratively
2. (software engineering) Short for waterfall modelExamples: "A very long duration project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process."abbreviationalt-of
3. (slang, US) The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.Examples: "Hey man, can I take a waterfall from your bottle?"USslang
4. (colloquial, dated) A necktie.colloquialdated
5. (colloquial, dated) A chignon (hairstyle).colloquialdated
6. (colloquial, dated) A beard.Examples: "I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […]"colloquialdated
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To fall like a waterfall.Examples: "Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face."; "Zondra, whose dirty-blond hair waterfalled above her head from a colorful tie, gave a snorting, horsey kind of laugh."; "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."intransitive
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.transitive
3. (roller derby) Synonym of recycle.Synonyms: recycle
name (English)
1. (art, historical) A stylistic art trend for furniture which was popular in the 1930s and 1940s, featuring wooden surfaces and curved edges prominently in its design.historical
Definition source: Wiktionary