fadeaway

American  

[feyd-uh-wey] / ˈfeɪd əˌweɪ /

noun

1. an act or instance of fading away.

2. Baseball. screwball.

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.

---

Etymology

Origin of fadeaway

1905–10, noun use of verb phrase fade away

Example Sentences

From the opening tip, he rose up for 3-pointers, drove to the rim for dunks and leaned back for fadeaway jump shots.

From The Wall Street Journal

James, who already held the NBA all-time points record, sailed past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 15,837 field goals with a fadeaway jumper in the first quarter.

From Barron's

He set the new mark of 15,838 with a fadeaway jumper near the Lakers’ bench with 11.8 seconds left in the first quarter.

From Los Angeles Times

Doncic injured his ankle during the Lakers’ blowout loss to the Cavaliers on Wednesday night after falling off the side of Cleveland’s raised court while shooting a fadeaway three-pointer in the first quarter.

From Los Angeles Times

Doncic was injured shooting a fadeaway three with 7:58 left in the first quarter.

From Los Angeles Times