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fallaway

fallaway adjective: of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.

Adjective

fallaway (not comparable)

  1. Of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.

Noun

fallaway (plural fallaways)

  1. A shot taken while moving away from the basket.

Forms of fallaway

pluralfallaways

Origin of fallaway

Deverbal from fall away.

Words formed from fallaway

  • fallaway jumper

Questions about fallaway

What does fallaway mean?
Fallaway means of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.
What part of speech is fallaway?
Fallaway can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near fallaway in the dictionary

  1. fallaleries
  2. fallalery
  3. fallals
  4. Fallas
  5. Fallases
  6. fallaway
  7. fallaways
  8. fallax
  9. fallaxes
  10. fallaxidin
  11. fallaxidins

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