freefall

[free-fawl] Origin

free-fall

[free-fawl] verb, free-fell, free-fall·en, free-fall·ing, adjective, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
(of parachutists) to descend initially, as for a designated interval, in a free fall: The jumpers were required to free-fall for eight seconds.
adjective
2.
denoting or suggesting a free fall: a free-fall recession.

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Freefall is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
noun
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free fall (defs. 1, 2).
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Word Origin & History

freefall
also free fall, free-fall, 1919, originally of parachutists, from free + fall (v.).
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