Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Falling \Fall"ing\, a. & n.
from {Fall}, v. i.
{Falling away}, {Falling off}, etc. See {To fall away}, {To
fall off}, etc., under {Fall}, v. i.
{Falling band}, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down
over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th
century.
{Falling sickness} (Med.), epilepsy. --Shak.
{Falling star}. (Astron.) See {Shooting star}.
{Falling stone}, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a
meteorite; an a["e]rolite.
{Falling tide}, the ebb tide.
{Falling weather}, a rainy season. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.
Source : WordNet®
falling off
n : a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the
team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a
drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" [syn: {slump},
{slack}, {drop-off}, {falloff}]