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waterfall
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As a noun, waterfall means a flow of water over the edge of a cliff. As a verb, it means fall like a waterfall.
Meanings of waterfall
10 meaningsnoun
A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
figurativelyA waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
“A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.”
technicalcomputingslangWaterfall model
“A very long duration project [...] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.”
slangamericaThe 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?”
A steep descent of the water of a river
Similar: falls
Older and rare meanings (3)
colloquialdatedA necktie.
colloquialdatedA chignon.
colloquialdatedA 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
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).