CLIMAX
NOUNS
► BLOW OFF a climax → c1912 sl.
► CAPPER the climax or clincher of something → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CLIMACTERY a step or stage in a progression towards a climax or culmination; progress by successive steps → 1655 obs.
► CROWNER the thing or even in a series which outdoes or is a climax to all those preceding → 1815 Amer. dial.
► SNAPPER the risible climax of a story or joke → 1857 Amer. sl.
► UPTAKE the climax → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► BE IN THE SHORT ROWS to be near the climax of something → 1894 Amer. dial.
► GET ONE’S COOKIES OFF to reach a sexual climax → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
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