fadeaway

[ feyd-uh-wey ]

noun

1. an act or instance of fading away.
2. Baseball. screwball ( def 2 ).
3. 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.
4. Basketball. a jump shot made while the player is falling away from the basket.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fadeaway¹

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

Example Sentences

By the midpoint of the first half, he had scored amid a triple team in the paint, pump-faked a defender out of the way before burying an open jumper and added a fadeaway jumper in the lane.

From Los Angeles Times

The Sparks were able to get within one point, but a late sequence that consisted of a fadeaway basket from Skylar Diggins-Smith and a Crystal Dangerfield turnover that led to a fastbreak layup from former longtime Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike stretched the Storm’s lead to five points with under two minutes to go.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s going to make a fadeaway or two, or an and-one, or things that other players might not be able to make and be able to move onto the next possession and figure out how to win the game.”

From Seattle Times

After Irving’s go-ahead layup, George hit his first basket of the second half, a fadeaway 3 from the corner.

From Seattle Times

Jamal Murray hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer, Ball Arena shook with an avalanche of glee, Anthony Davis fell backward into the Denver bench in desperation, and it was over.

From Los Angeles Times