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Meaning of "fadeaway" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FADEAWAY

fadeaway  [ˈfeɪdəˌweɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FADEAWAY

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fadeaway is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FADEAWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fadeaway

Fadeaway

A fadeaway or fall-away in basketball is a jump shot taken while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making the shot much harder to block. This advantage, however, comes with a drawback. The shooter must have very good accuracy and must use more strength in a relatively short amount of time. Also, because the movement is away from the basket, the shooter has less chance to grab his own rebound. The naturally lower shooting percentage and inability of the shooter to be able to get his own rebound lead many coaches and players to believe it is one of the worst shots in the game to take. However, once mastered, it is one of the hardest methods of shooting for defenders to block. The threat of a fadeaway forces a defender to jump into the shooter, and with a pump fake, the shooter can easily get a foul on the defender. It takes many tries and practice to execute this perfectly, and only a handful of great NBA players have been successful shooting fadeaways. Michael Jordan was one of the most popular shooters of the fadeaway.

Definition of fadeaway in the English dictionary

The definition of fadeaway in the dictionary is a baseball pitch that slows and dips as it reaches the batter. Other definition of fadeaway is a basketball shot made while jumping back from the direction of the basket in order to evade an opponent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FADEAWAY


airway
ˈɛəˌweɪ
breakaway
ˈbreɪkəˌweɪ
castaway
ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ
cutaway
ˈkʌtəˌweɪ
fairway
ˈfɛəˌweɪ
faraway
ˈfɑːrəˌweɪ
foldaway
ˈfəʊldəˌweɪ
Galloway
ˈɡæləˌweɪ
giveaway
ˈɡɪvəˌweɪ
Hathaway
ˈhæθəˌweɪ
hideaway
ˈhaɪdəˌweɪ
motorway
ˈməʊtəˌweɪ
rockaway
ˈrɒkəˌweɪ
stairway
ˈstɛəˌweɪ
standaway
ˈstændəˌweɪ
stowaway
ˈstəʊəˌweɪ
takeaway
ˈteɪkəˌweɪ
towaway
ˈtəʊəˌweɪ
walkaway
ˈwɔːkəˌweɪ
waterway
ˈwɔːtəˌweɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FADEAWAY

faddishly
faddishness
faddism
faddist
faddle
faddy
fade
fade-in
fade-in fade-out
fade-out
faded
fadedly
fadedness
fadeless
fadelessly
fader
fadeur
fadge
fading
fadlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE FADEAWAY

areaway
away
get away
getaway
give away
go away
keep away
once and away
out and away
put away
right away
run away
runaway
Saint Lawrence Seaway
seaway
straight away
take away
thereaway
turn away
walk away

Synonyms and antonyms of fadeaway in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fadeaway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FADEAWAY

Find out the translation of fadeaway to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fadeaway from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fadeaway» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后仰跳投
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fadeaway
570 millions of speakers

English

fadeaway
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fadeaway
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

fadeaway
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

постепенное исчезновение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fadeaway
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্যাকাশে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fadeaway
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

memudar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fadeaway
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

消えていくこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

fadeaway
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

ngilang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fadeaway
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fadeaway
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वितळून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

solup gitmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fadeaway
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Fadeaway
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поступове зникнення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dispariție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fadeaway
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fadeaway
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fadeaway
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fadeaway
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fadeaway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FADEAWAY»

The term «fadeaway» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.146 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FADEAWAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fadeaway

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FADEAWAY»

Discover the use of fadeaway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fadeaway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
L.A. Fadeaway: A Novel
An entitled twenty-three-year-old talent agency trainee has ambitions to become the most revered agent in Hollywood, aspirations which breed anxieties that he nurses with drugs and alcohol.
Jordan Okun, 2012
2
Fadeaway Girl: A Novel
For waitress and cub reporter Emma Graham, tragedy defines where she lives.
Martha Grimes, 2011
3
Fadeaway
Renna Rashad is not only captain, she's also de facto coach of her basketball team.
Steven Barwin, 2010
4
Fadeaway
Now a private investigator, Blissberg scours locker rooms and back alleys for two missing basketball starsAfter retiring from baseball, Harvey Blissberg hung out a shingle in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a private detective with a taste for ...
R. D. Rosen, 2013
5
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium ...
Reading the description of the fadeaway, I can't help but wonder if the fadeaway wasn't more like the pitch we now call the circle change-up. Here's Sloppy Thurston, one of the top fadeaway specialists after Christy Mathewson, in 1924: “ My ...
Bill James, Rob Neyer, 2008
6
Fadeaway
Austin novelist Andrew Singer and his wife were innocent casualties in a nasty car wreck four years ago.
Derek Peterson, 2006
7
Pitched Battle: 35 of Baseball's Greatest Duels from the Mound
watched Mathewson walk on water, if one can believe the prose of the scribes so enthralled by a man and his fadeaway. The box score doesn't lie. After Mathewson dodged the final bullet of the sixth inning, he could smell the victory. He struck ...
John Klima, 2002
8
Influential Villains of All Time: Fadeaway Man
This book presents a fictional biography of one influential villain that greatly influenced the world, Fadeaway Man. This book puts together a showcase of the character's fictional biography and his impact on the world's culture.
Fred Lance, 2012
9
Doing Couple Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Work with ...
The standard options are the drop-dead stop date or the more gradual fadeaway. The first is what it says. You and the couple decide on a set time to stop—three more sessions, a month, a week— and you stick to it. While traditional thinking ...
Robert Taibbi, 2009
10
Trading Options to Win: Profitable Strategies and Tactics ...
The permanent strangle has a one-directional relative called the fadeaway, which is easy to implement, easy to defend, profitable, and applicable quite frequently. In fact, any given option write can be converted into a fadeaway trade most of ...
S. A. Johnston, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FADEAWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fadeaway is used in the context of the following news items.
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Southside, BoDeans at Newton Theatre
Chart topping songs like "Fadeaway," "Only Love" and "Dreams" won them Rolling Stone's readers poll for Best New American Band in 1987. «New Jersey Herald, Jul 15»
2
Stanley Johnson got challenged early by Pacers; they messed with …
Johnson pushed out Hill for a 12-foot fadeaway that barely drew iron as it sailed long. The Detroit Pistons' first-round draft pick said he was ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
3
Detroit Pistons 90, Indiana Pacers 65: Stanley Johnson nets double …
Johnson played solid body-up defense, never gave ground, and forced Hill into a fadeaway 12-footer which sailed long. • The veteran player to ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
4
Grayson Allen received Duke's first "One Shining Moment Award …
... directions and penetrated down the right side of the lane, Zoubek switched off Howard and forced Hayward to try a baseline fadeaway. «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
5
Serbia 'unlucky' in final minute against USA
Kutlesic's three-point attempt went off the front of the rim and Nikoa Pesakovic missed a fadeaway three after grabbing an offensive rebound. «KUsports, Jul 15»
6
The Grateful Dead add beauty to bittersweet
"West L.A. Fadeaway" turned into one of show's best performances. It is not one of my favorites, but once again, the band delivered a surprise. «Kankakee Daily Journal, Jul 15»
7
You don't know Jack (Griffin)? Veteran corrections official from …
Griffin paused to take a fadeaway jumper. Before that, he amiably chatted with two Springfield cops, one of whom lives next door. Later, he ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
8
Mustangs hold off Blowfish rally in 6-3 victory
... baseman Christian Hollie took over, robbing Danny Edgeworth (Mercer University) with a windmill grab on a line shot and a fadeaway throw ... «ColaDaily.com, Jul 15»
9
Dark Star Jubilee, Legend Valley, Thornville, OH- 5/23-24
Other highlights included Keller and the Keels bluegrass reworking of “West L.A. Fadeaway,” Moon Alice playing “Stella Blue,” Peter Rowan's ... «jambands.com, Jul 15»
10
Why We Should Stop Criticizing Players For Replicating Other …
Then there's the “Dirk-fadeaway” that has been mimicked by players like Kobe and Durant, but why is this attributed only to Nowitzki? «The Sports Quotient, Jul 15»

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