catch a fade en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, slang) To get knocked out (struck and rendered unconscious).
Recently, Chappelle was attacked on stage. The assaulter has since claimed he was angry at the comedian over a transphobic joke, and ended up catching a fade for his trouble.
2022 June 6, Robert Longfellow, “Dave Chappelle Donating Show Sales To Buffalo Shooting Victims' Families”, in Hip Hop Wired:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caught a fade | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| caught a fade | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| catches a fade | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| catching a fade | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |