falloff

A reduction or decline.

Noun

  1. A reduction or decline.
    • In those portions of District 2 outside of South Boston the falloff in voter participation was dramatic. - 1983 December 31, Robert P. Wasson Jr., “"Whither BL/GPA?"—A Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number...

    Synonyms: drop-off

  2. A note immediately followed by a rapidly descending group of notes.
    • Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops. - 1995, Music & Computers, volume 1, numbers 2-4, page 57:
  3. The noticeable retraction and falling movement of a buck from a doe, usually indicating successful insemination.

Origin

Etymology tree English fall offdeverb. English falloff Deverbal from fall off.

Forms

falloffs fall-off

Related

falldown

Derived

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