'free fall' definitions:

Definition of 'free fall'

(from WordNet)
noun
The ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
noun
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" [syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall]