fadeaway

[ feyd-uh-wey ]

/ ˈfeɪd əˌweɪ /

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noun

an act or instance of fading away.

Baseball. a slide made by a base runner to one side of the base, with one leg bent and stretched back to catch hold of the base.

Basketball. a jump shot made while the player is falling away from the basket.

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Origin of fadeaway

1905–10, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase fade away

Words nearby fadeaway

Fadden, faddish, faddist, faddy, fade, fadeaway, faded, fade-in, fadeless, fade-out, fader

How to use fadeaway in a sentence

She’s able to shoot a little bit of a fadeaway at times when she needs to get a shot up over the defender.
How Each Team In The Women’s Final Four Can Win It All|Howard Megdal|April 1, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
She capped a 12-2 run to close the first quarter with a fadeaway from the left wing.
Mystics break four-game losing streak behind breakout half from Elena Delle Donne|Kareem Copeland|August 25, 2021|Washington Post
Antetokounmpo settled for a difficult fadeaway out of the post on the group’s first possession and missed badly.
Who Said Small Ball Is The Only Way To Win A Title?|Louis Zatzman|July 14, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
There’s the power drive as he attacks the basket, but as soon as defenders commit, Beal can stop on a dime for a step-back or fadeaway jumper.
Bradley Beal has grown since his last playoff trip, but it hasn’t been enough against 76ers|Kareem Copeland|May 30, 2021|Washington Post

You had everything—speed, curves, control, and that old fadeaway of yours was working like a charm.
Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team|Lester Chadwick
With the next batter Bert made unsparing use of his fadeaway, and struck him out with little trouble.
Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball|J. W. Duffield
Hughson, cool as an iceberg, brought his fadeaway into play and whiffed the next man up.
Baseball Joe in the World Series|Lester Chadwick
"Anyway, William, you might tell us whether you are going to use a straight ball or a curve and the fadeaway," pleaded Stanley.
The Rover Boys in Business|Arthur M. Winfield
Carson had been practicing on what he called a fadeaway ball, and now he thought this would be just the right thing to offer Sam.
The Rover Boys in Business|Arthur M. Winfield

Other Idioms and Phrases with fadeaway

fade away

see fade out, def. 2.