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fade⋅a⋅way

[feyd-uh-wey]
–noun
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.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase fade away
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fade·a·way   (fād'ə-wā')   
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of gradually diminishing in brightness, loudness, or strength until actual disappearance occurs.

  2. Baseball

    1. A screwball.

    2. An act of sliding by a base runner during which the runner veers sideways to avoid being tagged.

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