Fadeaway

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of gradually diminishing in brightness, loudness, or strength until actual disappearance occurs.
  • n. Baseball A screwball.
  • n. Baseball An act of sliding by a base runner during which the runner veers sideways to avoid being tagged.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.
  • n. 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.
  • Word Usage
    "The Thunder led by as many as 19 twice, but Garcia's fadeaway from the right base line at the halftime buzzer capped an 8-2 run that made it a 13-point spread."