verb, -fell, -fall⋅en, -fall⋅ing, adjective, noun | 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. |
| 2. | denoting or suggesting a free fall: a free-fall recession. |
| 3. | free fall (defs. 1, 2). |