Usually means: Separation from established group, independence.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word breakaway:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. breakaway: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. breakaway: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. breakaway: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. breakaway: Collins English Dictionary
  5. breakaway: Vocabulary.com
  6. Breakaway, breakaway: Wordnik
  7. breakaway: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. breakaway: Wiktionary
  9. breakaway: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. breakaway: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. breakaway: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Breakaway, breakaway: Dictionary.com
  13. Breakaway (Art Garfunkel album), Breakaway (Big Pig song), Breakaway (Donna Summer song), Breakaway (FIRST), Breakaway (First Choice album), Breakaway (Gallagher and Lyle album), Breakaway (Irma Thomas song), Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album), Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson song), Breakaway (Kris Kristofferson album), Breakaway (The Beach Boys song), Breakaway (Tracey Ullman song), Breakaway (Transformers), Breakaway (ZZ Top song), Breakaway (biscuit), Breakaway (cancelled video game), Breakaway (cycling), Breakaway (dance), Breakaway (game show), Breakaway (ice hockey), Breakaway: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. breakaway: Rhymezone
  15. breakaway: Free Dictionary
  16. breakaway: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. breakaway: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Breakaway (Beach Boys song), Breakaway (Song) (Beach Boys): Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Breakaway (song), breakaway: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Orthodontic Terms (No longer online)
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Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Breakaway: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Breakaway: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See breakaways as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having broken away from a larger unit.
adjective:  Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
adjective:  (ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)
adjective:  (entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.
noun:  The act of breaking away from something.
noun:  (cycle racing) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
noun:  (Australia) A stampede of animals.
noun:  (Australia) An animal that breaks away from a herd.
noun:  (Australia, geography) An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
noun:  (Australia) A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.
noun:  A particular yo-yo trick http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway.
noun:  A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
noun:  (theater) An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.

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