Emergency signal, given by a climber to the belayer, that the climber is falling (and to expect the safety line to become taut) Climbing and SRT Ref MM
suddenly losing an upright position; "they ran from the falling tree"; "a falling wall crushed the car" becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes" decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature
coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"
suddenly losing an upright position; "they ran from the falling tree"; "a falling wall crushed the car"
A warning yelled by a climber to his or her belay partner to alert them to the fact that they should stop flirting with the cute climbers at the base of the route and be sure to arrest the leader's imminent descent