waterfall

Meanings

Noun

• a flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
• A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
• Waterfall model
• The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.
• A necktie.
• A chignon.
• A beard.

Verb

• To fall like a waterfall.
• To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
• Synonym of recycle

Related

Similar words

• : cascade, cataract, sault

Origin

• From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall ("waterfall"), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal ("waterfall"), Dutch waterval ("waterfall"), German Wasserfall ("waterfall"), Swedish vattenfall ("waterfall").