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

She’s able to shoot a little bit of a fadeaway at times when she needs to get a shot up over the defender.

From FiveThirtyEight

She capped a 12-2 run to close the first quarter with a fadeaway from the left wing.

From Washington Post

Antetokounmpo settled for a difficult fadeaway out of the post on the group’s first possession and missed badly.

From 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.

From Washington Post

You had everything—speed, curves, control, and that old fadeaway of yours was working like a charm.

From Project Gutenberg

With the next batter Bert made unsparing use of his fadeaway, and struck him out with little trouble.

From Project Gutenberg

Hughson, cool as an iceberg, brought his fadeaway into play and whiffed the next man up.

From Project Gutenberg

"Anyway, William, you might tell us whether you are going to use a straight ball or a curve and the fadeaway," pleaded Stanley.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg