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Freefall vs Freeball - What's the difference?

freefall | freeball |

As verbs the difference between freefall and freeball

is that freefall is to drop in a state of freefall while freeball is to wear no underwear under one's outer clothing.

As a noun freefall

is the state of being in a motion affected by no acceleration (force) other than that provided by gravity.

freefall

English

Alternative forms

* free fall (noun only) * free-fall

Noun

(wikipedia freefall) (-)
  • (physics) The state of being in a motion affected by no acceleration (force) other than that provided by gravity.
  • (common usage) The state of falling with no interference from outside forces other than the air resistance (no open parachute, etc.)
  • (by extension) The state of worsening out of control.
  • As civil war continues in Iraq, the U.S. president's approval ratings are in freefall .
  • (as a modifier) Of or related to freefall in any sense.
  • Derived terms

    * accelerated free fall * acceleration of free fall * free-fall style * free-fall time * in freefall * progressive free fall * universality of free fall

    Verb

  • To drop in a state of freefall .
  • A base jumper attempts to freefall for as long as possible before triggering the parachute.

    Derived terms

    * free-falling

    freeball

    English

    Verb

  • (slang) To wear no underwear under one's outer clothing.
  • * 1995 , Steven Zeeland, in some book or something:
  • And when you freeball in fatigues you're a walking hard-on anyway...
  • * 2003 , Christian Fletcher, in another book:
  • I had run out of clean underwear on a road trip, and I had heard rumors about the pleasures associated with freeballing , and so I made the decision and
  • * 2004 , Michael Ryan:
  • ...has thrown away dozens of pairs of underwear throughout his life, having to freeball the rest of the day.

    See also

    *free ball