Cliffs Notes

[ klifs ]

Trademark.

1. a series of pamphlets with summaries and basic analyses of works of literature, intended as study aids.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cliffs Notes¹

After Cliff Hillegass, founder of Cliffs Notes, Inc.

Example Sentences

It can serve as a sort of Cliffs Notes for the show—in a positive way, not in the way most Cliffs Notes were actually used.

From The Daily Beast