Waterfall

Waterfall Meanings:

• A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract
• An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall
• A certain kind of neck scarf
• (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɑtɚfɑl/
• A flow of water over the edge of a cliff. Synonyms: cataract, cascade, falls
• (figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc. A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
• (technical, computing, slang) Waterfall model A very long duration project had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
• (slang, US) The 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?
• (colloquial, dated) A beard.
• (flow of water over the edge a cliff): cascade, cataract, sault
• (intransitive) To fall like a waterfall.
• (transitive) To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
• (roller derby) Synonym of recycle