fade-away

See also: fade away and fadeaway

English

Etymology

Deverbal from fade away.

Noun

fade-away (plural fade-aways)

  1. Alternative spelling of fadeaway.
    • 2011, Chuck Eddy, Rock and Roll Always Forgets, page 265:
      To call this music bland is to ignore the down-the-drain vocal fade-aways, the extended sax sustains […]
    • 2015, Gabriele Rippl, Handbook of Intermediality: Literature – Image – Sound – Music, page 558:
      Instead of using a theatre's large stage, the video works with close-ups, side shots, exaggerated silhouettes and fade-aways, which are more suitable for the television screen.
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