breakaway

Meanings

1. Having broken away from a larger unit.
2. Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
3. Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)
4. Enjoying rapid popular success.

1. The act of breaking away from something.
2. A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
3. 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.
4. The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
5. A stampede of animals.
6. An animal that breaks away from a herd.
7. An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
8. A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.
9. A particular yo-yo trick http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway.
10. A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
11. An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.

Etymology

From break + away, a deverbal from break away.