precipice

[prec·i·pice]

Cartoon characters often end up on a precipice, the edge of a steep cliff, where their chubby toes curl and cling as they totter and eventually fall, making a hole in the ground below and getting up again. Most real people avoid precipices.

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A sudden or headlong fall.

Noun
a very steep cliff


n.
A sudden or headlong fall.

n.
A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.


Precipice

Prec"i*pice , n. [F. pr'82cipice, L. praecipitium, fr. praeceps, -cipitis, headlong; prae before + caput, capitis, the head. See Pre-, and Chief.] 1. A sudden or headlong fall. [Obs.] Fuller. 2. A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff.
Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew.

A sudden or headlong fall.

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Usage Examples

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum.

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Other Usage Examples

We are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.

Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.

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