fadeaway

[ feyd-uh-wey ]

/ ˈfeɪd əˌweɪ /

noun

an act or instance of fading away.

Baseball. screwball (def. 2).

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.

Origin of fadeaway

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

Words nearby fadeaway

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

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Example sentences from the Web for fadeaway

Joe calmed himself by an effort, and then sent in his fadeaway.
Baseball Joe in the Big League|Lester Chadwick
He shut his teeth, and, trying to keep away from his face the shadow of pain, threw his fadeaway to Rad again.
Baseball Joe in the Big League|Lester Chadwick
Then Joe tried a fadeaway, and Rose fell for it, swinging himself halfway round with the force of his blow.
Baseball Joe, Home Run King|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

If I were to give it a name at all, I’d call it a ‘fadeaway.
Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball|J. W. Duffield

Idioms and Phrases with fadeaway

fade away

see fade out, def. 2.

单词	fadeaway
释义	fadeaway [ feyd-uh-wey ] / ˈfeɪd əˌweɪ / noun an act or instance of fading away. Baseball. screwball (def. 2). 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. Origin of fadeaway 1905–10, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase fade away Words nearby fadeaway Fadden, faddish, faddist, faddy, fade, fadeaway, fade-in, fadeless, Faden suture, fade-out, fader Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fadeaway Joe calmed himself by an effort, and then sent in his fadeaway. Baseball Joe in the Big League\|Lester Chadwick He shut his teeth, and, trying to keep away from his face the shadow of pain, threw his fadeaway to Rad again. Baseball Joe in the Big League\|Lester Chadwick Then Joe tried a fadeaway, and Rose fell for it, swinging himself halfway round with the force of his blow. Baseball Joe, Home Run King\|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 If I were to give it a name at all, I’d call it a ‘fadeaway. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball\|J. W. Duffield Idioms and Phrases with fadeaway fade away see fade out, def. 2. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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