curtains

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜː(ɹ).tənz/

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curtains

1. plural of curtain

curtains pl (plural only)

1. (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."

2. (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.

• (alcohol effect): church windows, legs, tears of wine, wine tears

curtains

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of curtain

• saturnic, turacins, unracist