falloff

noun falloffs · fall-off

1. countable, uncountable A reduction or decline. In those portions of District 2 outside of South Boston the falloff in voter participation was dramatic.
2. countable, uncountable 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.
3. countable, uncountable The noticeable retraction and falling movement of a buck from a doe, usually indicating successful insemination.