waterfall

noun

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”

2. (figuratively)A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

   “A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of)Short for waterfall model

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

4. (US, slang)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?”

5. (colloquial, dated)A necktie.
6. (colloquial, dated)A chignon (hairstyle).
7. (colloquial, dated)A beard.

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

8. A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.

verb

1. (intransitive)To fall like a waterfall.

   “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.”

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.
3. Synonym of recycle.

name

1. (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.
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.