- fadeaway
- noun Date: 1909 1. a. screwball 1 b. a slide in which a base runner throws his or her body sideways to avoid the tag 2. an act or instance of fading away
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fadeaway — ☆ fadeaway [fād′ə wā΄ ] n. 1. Baseball former term for SCREWBALL (n. 1) 2. Basketball a type of shot in which the shooter leans or jumps away from the basket while shooting … English World dictionary
Fadeaway — Kobe Bryant tire en fadeaway devant Caron Butler. Un fadeaway est, en basket ball, un tir au panier effectué lors d un saut vers l arrière. L objectif est de créer un espace entre le tireur et le défenseur, ce qui rend ce tir beaucoup plus… … Wikipédia en Français
Fadeaway — A fadeaway in basketball is a jump shot while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block. However, this benefit comes with a drawback. The shooter must … Wikipedia
Fadeaway Man — Superherobox| caption=Fadeaway Man from Brave and the Bold #186, artist Jim Aparo character name=Fadeaway Man publisher=DC Comics debut= Detective Comics # 479 (September October 1978) creators= Len Wein (writer) Rich Buckler (artist)… … Wikipedia
fadeaway — /fayd euh way /, n. 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… … Universalium
fadeaway — noun a) An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity. b) a jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block … Wiktionary
fadeaway — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A gradual disappearance, especially of a film image: dissolve, fade, fade out. See INCREASE, SEE … English dictionary for students
fadeaway — n. gradual disappearing; act or instance of fading away: (In Baseball) screwball (baseball pitch which spins and breaks in the opposite direction to a curve); (In baseball) swerve made by a base runner to one side of the base in order to avoid… … English contemporary dictionary
fadeaway — fade•a•way [[t]ˈfeɪd əˌweɪ[/t]] n. 1) spog screwball 2) 2) spog a slide in baseball made by a base runner to one side of the base 3) spog a jump shot made by a basketball player while falling away from the basket • Etymology: 1905–10, amer … From formal English to slang
fadeaway — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from fade away, v. 1. : an act or instance of fading away 2. a. : a baseball pitch that breaks downward and toward a right handed batter b. : a slide in which a base runn … Useful english dictionary
