fadeaway

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noun

fade·​away ˈfād-ə-ˌwā 

plural fadeaways

1

a

: screwball sense 1

b

: a slide in which a base runner throws their body sideways to avoid the tag

c

basketball : a shot made or attempted while moving away from the basket

Rick Fox sank a 12-foot fadeaway with 1:10 left for a 93-91 Lakers lead …

—The New York Times

2

: an act or instance of fading away

fadeaway

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adjective

basketball

: made or attempted while moving away from the basket

a fadeaway jump shot

Examples of fadeaway in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Reid's fadeaway jumper -- for a 22-18 lead -- marked one of the final baskets to a back-and-forth start. —Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026

Drake Powell followed by scoring six straight points himself, burying a 3 over Jaylen Brown before finishing a tough fadeaway in the lane plus the foul. —C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026

Adjective

Miller capped the decisive stretch with a fadeaway jumper that made it 105-87 with 4:01 left. —Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026

Thompson got free from Moses Moody on an in-bounds play and drained a fadeaway jumper from the baseline. —Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

1932, in the meaning defined above

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