curtains
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Pronunciation edit
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curtains
Noun edit
curtains pl (plural only)
- (figuratively, in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show) An end or death.
- It's curtains for you!
- "What if a bunch of scuba divers nosed about here?" / "Curtains for them, when our side-scan sonar sees them."
- (colloquial, oenology) A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect.
Synonyms edit
- (alcohol effect): church windows, legs, tears of wine, wine tears
Translations edit
end, death (colloquial)
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Verb edit
curtains
- third-person singular simple present indicative of curtain