fadeaway

[ feyd-uh-wey ]

/ ˈfeɪd əˌweɪ /

an act or instance of fading away.

Baseball. screwball(def 2).

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.

Basketball. a jump shot made while the player is falling away from the basket.

Origin of fadeaway

1905–10, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase fade away

fade, fade away, fade out, fade-in, fade-out, fadeaway, fadeless, faden suture, fader, fadeyev, fadge

Joe calmed himself by an effort, and then sent in his fadeaway.

Baseball Joe in the Big League |Lester Chadwick
He shut his teeth, and, trying to keep away from his face the shadow of pain, threw his fadeaway to Rad again.

Baseball Joe in the Big League |Lester Chadwick
Then Joe tried a fadeaway, and Rose fell for it, swinging himself halfway round with the force of his blow.

Baseball Joe, Home Run King |Lester Chadwick
With the next batter Bert made unsparing use of his fadeaway, and struck him out with little trouble.

Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball |J. W. Duffield

If I were to give it a name at all, I’d call it a ‘fadeaway.

Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball |J. W. Duffield