breakaway

== English == === Etymology === From break +‎ away, a deverbal from break away. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪkəweɪ/ === Adjective === breakaway (not comparable) Having broken away from a larger unit. 1946, William Brown, Hansard, 19 November, 1946, Trade Unions Closed Shop, [1] Nor is it true, although it has been suggested as true, that I am in favour of breakaway or splinter unions— Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure. (ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun) 2016, Scott Feschuk, "Counting down the most annoying in video review, by sport," sportsnet.ca, 10 July, 2016, [3] In a league starved for scoring, the challenge ensures that some super-sweet breakaway goals will be overturned because a dude was three microns offside. (entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success. 2016, Chris Riotta, "Rihanna's 'Anti' Has Extensive Alternative Music Career," mic.com, 11 February, 2016, [4] When Rihanna released her rebellious breakaway album Anti, it marked a definitive turning point in the singer's career. ==== Derived terms ==== breakaway glass ==== Translations ==== === Noun === breakaway (plural breakaways) The act of breaking away from something. 1932, Alan Lennox-Boyd, Hansard, 10 May, 1932, Finance Bill, [5] […] this Finance Bill represents a definite breakaway from the old practice of mass bribing, vote catching, and political Finance Bills which we were in grave danger of establishing as a permanent part of our national activities. (cycle racing) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton. (ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them. 2015, Eric MacKenzie, "Canucks fall 2-1 to Oilers in OT," vancouver24hrs.ca, 18 October, 2015, [7] With the game tied 1-1 early in the third, Henrik got free on a breakaway and was stopped by Oilers goalie Anders Nilsson […] (boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting. 2011, Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott (eds.), The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Appendix: The Great Fights, George Dixon vs. Jack Skelly (September 6, 1892), p. 262, The gong sounded almost immediately after the breakaway. (Australia) A stampede of animals. (Australia) An animal that breaks away from a herd. 1893, The Argus, 29 April, 1893, p. 4, col. 4, cited in Edward Ellis Morris, Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages, 1898, [8] The smartest stock horse that ever brought his rider up within whip distance of a breakaway or dodged the horns of a sulky beast, took the chance. (Australia, geography) An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment. (Australia) A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water. [from 19th c.] A particular yo-yo trick [9]. A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position. (theater) An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance. ==== Derived terms ==== breakaway neckline breakaway suspenders ==== Translations ==== === See also === escape