fade-awayn.
/ˈfeɪdəweɪ/, U.S. /ˈfeɪdəˌweɪ/ U.S.
1. Baseball. (See quot. 1961.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > movement of ball
curve1874
outcurve1881
incurve1886
outshoot1887
inshoot1892
pretzel bender1908
fade-away1909
1909 Amer. Mag. May 31/1 Matty dropped his famous ‘fade away’ over the plate, and Tinker drove a long, high, line fly to left center.
1931 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) x. 224 I..cut loose with the old fadeaway.
1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 150 Fadeaway, a pitched ball that tends to slow up and drop as it reaches the plate.
2. An act of disappearance.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing
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vading1570
disparition1597
disappearing1610
disparence1617
disappearance1625
discharge1626
evaporating1630
evanishing1633
vanish1650
disapparition1657
evanescency1664
evanescence1751
mizzle1789
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evanishment1797
evaporation1824
occultation1825
vanishment1831
furling1836
disappearing trick1870
disappearing act1884
fade-away1911
fade-out1924
1911 H. S. Harrison Queed v. 56 She had only pretended to die in order to make a fade-away with the gate receipts.
1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch i. 11 Many persons have asked me why I do not use my ‘fade~away’ oftener when it is so effective.
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