fallawayn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːləweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈfɔləˌweɪ/,

/ˈfɑləˌweɪ/

Forms: see fall v. and away adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to fall away at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1.

Etymology: < to fall away at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1.

A. n.

1. A person who falls away from religion, or from a particular religion; an apostate. Also sometimes more generally: a renegade, a backslider, a dissenter.Apparently rare before late 19th cent.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [noun] > person

apostate1340

postatea1387

relapse1407

pervert1501

reneganta1525

runagate1530

reniant1532

backfaller1545

apostatrice1551

turn-tippet?1556

runaway1561

faller-away1564

reneger?1577

renegado1584

backslider1591

retrospicientc1600

relapser1608

renegade1611

runagado1614

runagade1670

fallaway1673

lapser1695

faller-out1964

1673 J. Bunyan Barren Fig-tree 169 It is impossible for those Fall-a-waies to be renewed again unto Repentance.

1883 R. H. Sandys Antitheism 207 We have in our ranks some frightened beings who are not yet fully persuaded that we cannot by any possibility fail on any material point whatever. We should like to make such fall-aways do penance every time they change their minds.

1890 Iron Clad Age (Indianapolis) 2 Aug. 5/3 Not all come to hear him [sc. the priest] at all times, and when he goes out to find these backsliders and fall-aways he labors at a disadvantage unless he [etc.].

1973 News-Herald (Franklin, Pa.) 12 Oct. 4/1 Maybe the chamber could have won a few of those fall-aways and don't-belongs into the fold with a cause like that.

1992 Catholic Hist. Rev. 78 415 Their collective mission was twofold: to reclaim the indifferent and the ‘fall-aways’ in the local Catholic population and to initiate convert-work among the non Catholic majority.

2. A place where the ground falls away (see to fall away 6 at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1); a steep drop or slope.

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1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 232 On midsummer the Yo Semite is less of a fall than a fall-away.

1927 E. Best Pa Maori iv. 202 At the north end of the fosse a steep fall away may be the degraded remains of an artificial scarp.

1990 Skiing Nov. 7 w/3 Dave..pointed to a cornice at the edge of the bowl: 20 feet of overhang above an abrupt fall-away.

3. A falling off, a diminution, a reduction.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off

declinea1327

fadea1400

paira1400

declining1481

vading1570

fall1590

hield1599

languishment1617

decay1636

defalcation1649

decidence1655

fall-off1676

falling off1761

fallaway1879

downswing1922

1879 G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1935) 86 A fall-away or diminuendo.

1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 31 Dec. 1/8 The fallaway in banana production this year has been attributed to three causes.

1977 Financial Times 27 July 12/2 All the companies expected a high trial rate..with a subsequent steep fall away.

2011 J. Gadd Mod. Pig Production Technol. xv. 348 If there is a link between growth rate and feed intake then fallaways in daily gain can be picked up within hours.

4. Baseball. A pitch that curves dramatically in a direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball; = fade-away n. 1. Cf. sense B. 1a. Now historical.Particularly associated with Christopher ‘Christy’ Mathewson (1880–1925), U.S. baseball player, who subsequently claimed that the pitch had been so named in 1900: see quot. 1912.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch

change of pace1650

slow ball1838

passed ball1860

ball1863

rib roaster1864

called ball1865

low ball1866

wild pitch1867

curveball1875

short pitch1877

grass cutter1879

fastball1883

downshoot1886

lob ball1888

pitchout1903

bean ballc1905

spitball1905

screwball1908

spitter1908

sinker ball1910

fallaway1912

meatball1912

fireball1913

roundhouse1913

forkball1923

sinker1926

knuckle ball1927

knuckler1928

gofer1932

slider1936

sailer1937

junk1941

change up1942

eephus1943

junkball1944

split-finger(ed) fastball1980

change1982

1912 C. Mathewson in St. Nicholas May 612/2 ‘It's a slow in-curve to a right-handed batter... A regular fallaway or fadeaway. That's a good ball!’ And there, in morning practice, at the Polo Grounds in 1900, the ‘fadeaway’ was born, and christened by George Davis.

1993 R. Robinson Matty x. 86 The celebrated fadeaway, which Matty preferred to call the fallaway.

2015 G. Cieradkowski League Outsider Baseball 29 Seeing the unusual break on the ball, Davis declared it a ‘fallaway’ or ‘fadeaway’. The later name stuck and Mathewson had the signature pitch that would..take him to the Hall of Fame.

5. Basketball. A shot made while the shooter jumps away from the basket. Cf. sense B. 2.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > types of shot or ball

free throw1888

foul shot1902

jump shot1909

jump ball1924

pop shot1933

jumper1937

set shot1940

lay-up1948

fallaway1949

bonus1955

hook-shot1957

sky-hook1959

buzzer beater1965

brick1971

spot-up1992

1949 Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gaz. 22 Jan. 8/8 Rupe meshed four more buckets, one being another of those crazy fallaways from 20 feet out.

1976 R. Telander Heaven is Playground 253 The second half starts and Vance drops in a fall-away over the flailing Albert.

2011 J. Goldberg Bird at Buzzer ii. 103 Riley fakes to her left then turns back to the right and shoots a fallaway over Jones.

B. adj.

1. Baseball.

†a. Designating a pitch that curves dramatically in a direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball. Cf. sense A. 4. Obsolete.

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1904 Sun (N.Y.) 8 Aug. 6/5 Tim Keefe was another strategist. He had a fall-away ball, a slow ball delivered with a fast motion.

1908 Daily Express (San Antonio, Texas) 2 Feb. 11/3 We hear a good deal about the ‘fade-away’ or ‘fall-away’ ball.

1911 Boston Post 25 Oct. 15/3 Then the wonderful pitcher fanned Baker easily on his famous fallaway ball.

b. Designating a slide into a base in which the runner dives feet first to one side of (and somewhat past) the base and tags it with a trailing foot or hand. Usually in fallaway slide.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > base-playing or running > actions

base-stealing1876

slide1886

fallaway1909

pinch-running1915

safety squeeze1922

suicide squeeze1937

1909 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 3 July 6/3 The delayed steal and the fallaway slide are drilled into the men.

1961 T. Cobb & A. Stump My Life in Baseball i. 30 I'd give it the bing-bing—a fast fallaway slide either to the right or left.

2001 Frederick (Maryland) Post 3 July b2/5 Thorne beat the throw..with a fallaway slide, touching the plate with his left hand just ahead of the tag.

2. Basketball. Designating a shot made while the shooter jumps away from the basket. Cf. sense A. 5.

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1936 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 16 Dec. 11/2 The Mohawks got in front on Stoecker's ‘fall-away’ shot.

1957 Jefferson City (Missouri) Post-Tribune 18 Dec. 5/1 Most of his points are made via that peculiar, twisting, fall-away ‘jumper’ from 25 feet.

1969 Chicago Tribune 10 Feb. c1/1 Wilt slam-dunked and used his fall-away shot to hit for 17 in each of the first two periods.

2016 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Sports section) b5 [The point guard]..carved his niche in local basketball lore..by drilling a fallaway 15-footer to cap a late 9-2 run.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fallaway
释义	fallawayn.adj. Brit. /ˈfɔːləweɪ/, U.S. /ˈfɔləˌweɪ/, /ˈfɑləˌweɪ/ Forms: see fall v. and away adv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to fall away at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1. Etymology: < to fall away at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1. A. n. 1. A person who falls away from religion, or from a particular religion; an apostate. Also sometimes more generally: a renegade, a backslider, a dissenter.Apparently rare before late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [noun] > person apostate1340 postatea1387 relapse1407 pervert1501 reneganta1525 runagate1530 reniant1532 backfaller1545 apostatrice1551 turn-tippet?1556 runaway1561 faller-away1564 reneger?1577 renegado1584 backslider1591 retrospicientc1600 relapser1608 renegade1611 runagado1614 runagade1670 fallaway1673 lapser1695 faller-out1964 1673 J. Bunyan Barren Fig-tree 169 It is impossible for those Fall-a-waies to be renewed again unto Repentance. 1883 R. H. Sandys Antitheism 207 We have in our ranks some frightened beings who are not yet fully persuaded that we cannot by any possibility fail on any material point whatever. We should like to make such fall-aways do penance every time they change their minds. 1890 Iron Clad Age (Indianapolis) 2 Aug. 5/3 Not all come to hear him [sc. the priest] at all times, and when he goes out to find these backsliders and fall-aways he labors at a disadvantage unless he [etc.]. 1973 News-Herald (Franklin, Pa.) 12 Oct. 4/1 Maybe the chamber could have won a few of those fall-aways and don't-belongs into the fold with a cause like that. 1992 Catholic Hist. Rev. 78 415 Their collective mission was twofold: to reclaim the indifferent and the ‘fall-aways’ in the local Catholic population and to initiate convert-work among the non Catholic majority. 2. A place where the ground falls away (see to fall away 6 at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1); a steep drop or slope. ΚΠ 1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 232 On midsummer the Yo Semite is less of a fall than a fall-away. 1927 E. Best Pa Maori iv. 202 At the north end of the fosse a steep fall away may be the degraded remains of an artificial scarp. 1990 Skiing Nov. 7 w/3 Dave..pointed to a cornice at the edge of the bowl: 20 feet of overhang above an abrupt fall-away. 3. A falling off, a diminution, a reduction. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off declinea1327 fadea1400 paira1400 declining1481 vading1570 fall1590 hield1599 languishment1617 decay1636 defalcation1649 decidence1655 fall-off1676 falling off1761 fallaway1879 downswing1922 1879 G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1935) 86 A fall-away or diminuendo. 1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 31 Dec. 1/8 The fallaway in banana production this year has been attributed to three causes. 1977 Financial Times 27 July 12/2 All the companies expected a high trial rate..with a subsequent steep fall away. 2011 J. Gadd Mod. Pig Production Technol. xv. 348 If there is a link between growth rate and feed intake then fallaways in daily gain can be picked up within hours. 4. Baseball. A pitch that curves dramatically in a direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball; = fade-away n. 1. Cf. sense B. 1a. Now historical.Particularly associated with Christopher ‘Christy’ Mathewson (1880–1925), U.S. baseball player, who subsequently claimed that the pitch had been so named in 1900: see quot. 1912. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch change of pace1650 slow ball1838 passed ball1860 ball1863 rib roaster1864 called ball1865 low ball1866 wild pitch1867 curveball1875 short pitch1877 grass cutter1879 fastball1883 downshoot1886 lob ball1888 pitchout1903 bean ballc1905 spitball1905 screwball1908 spitter1908 sinker ball1910 fallaway1912 meatball1912 fireball1913 roundhouse1913 forkball1923 sinker1926 knuckle ball1927 knuckler1928 gofer1932 slider1936 sailer1937 junk1941 change up1942 eephus1943 junkball1944 split-finger(ed) fastball1980 change1982 1912 C. Mathewson in St. Nicholas May 612/2 ‘It's a slow in-curve to a right-handed batter... A regular fallaway or fadeaway. That's a good ball!’ And there, in morning practice, at the Polo Grounds in 1900, the ‘fadeaway’ was born, and christened by George Davis. 1993 R. Robinson Matty x. 86 The celebrated fadeaway, which Matty preferred to call the fallaway. 2015 G. Cieradkowski League Outsider Baseball 29 Seeing the unusual break on the ball, Davis declared it a ‘fallaway’ or ‘fadeaway’. The later name stuck and Mathewson had the signature pitch that would..take him to the Hall of Fame. 5. Basketball. A shot made while the shooter jumps away from the basket. Cf. sense B. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > basketball > [noun] > types of shot or ball free throw1888 foul shot1902 jump shot1909 jump ball1924 pop shot1933 jumper1937 set shot1940 lay-up1948 fallaway1949 bonus1955 hook-shot1957 sky-hook1959 buzzer beater1965 brick1971 spot-up1992 1949 Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gaz. 22 Jan. 8/8 Rupe meshed four more buckets, one being another of those crazy fallaways from 20 feet out. 1976 R. Telander Heaven is Playground 253 The second half starts and Vance drops in a fall-away over the flailing Albert. 2011 J. Goldberg Bird at Buzzer ii. 103 Riley fakes to her left then turns back to the right and shoots a fallaway over Jones. B. adj. 1. Baseball. †a. Designating a pitch that curves dramatically in a direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball. Cf. sense A. 4. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1904 Sun (N.Y.) 8 Aug. 6/5 Tim Keefe was another strategist. He had a fall-away ball, a slow ball delivered with a fast motion. 1908 Daily Express (San Antonio, Texas) 2 Feb. 11/3 We hear a good deal about the ‘fade-away’ or ‘fall-away’ ball. 1911 Boston Post 25 Oct. 15/3 Then the wonderful pitcher fanned Baker easily on his famous fallaway ball. b. Designating a slide into a base in which the runner dives feet first to one side of (and somewhat past) the base and tags it with a trailing foot or hand. Usually in fallaway slide. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > base-playing or running > actions base-stealing1876 slide1886 fallaway1909 pinch-running1915 safety squeeze1922 suicide squeeze1937 1909 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 3 July 6/3 The delayed steal and the fallaway slide are drilled into the men. 1961 T. Cobb & A. Stump My Life in Baseball i. 30 I'd give it the bing-bing—a fast fallaway slide either to the right or left. 2001 Frederick (Maryland) Post 3 July b2/5 Thorne beat the throw..with a fallaway slide, touching the plate with his left hand just ahead of the tag. 2. Basketball. Designating a shot made while the shooter jumps away from the basket. Cf. sense A. 5. ΚΠ 1936 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 16 Dec. 11/2 The Mohawks got in front on Stoecker's ‘fall-away’ shot. 1957 Jefferson City (Missouri) Post-Tribune 18 Dec. 5/1 Most of his points are made via that peculiar, twisting, fall-away ‘jumper’ from 25 feet. 1969 Chicago Tribune 10 Feb. c1/1 Wilt slam-dunked and used his fall-away shot to hit for 17 in each of the first two periods. 2016 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Sports section) b5 [The point guard]..carved his niche in local basketball lore..by drilling a fallaway 15-footer to cap a late 9-2 run. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1673
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