FADEAWAY


Meaning of FADEAWAY in English

/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 shot made while the player is falling away from the basket.

[ 1905-10, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase fade away ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .