Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Basketball A field goal scored by tapping the ball into the basket with the fingertips.
- noun Sports A goal in hockey scored at close range by a short stroke of a stick, especially by a deflection of a shot by another player.
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Examples
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Nick Young says the team will be motivated by its last game against Magic, when it came within a Dwight Howard tip-in of pulling off an upset.
Jump ball: How will the Wizards do tonight? Washington Post editors 2011
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Nick Young said the Wizards will be motivated by their last game against Magic, when they lost 100-99 and came within a Howard tip-in off pulling off an upset.
No shortage of story lines for tonight's matchup Michael Lee 2011
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These come with a full color tip-in sheet signed and numbered by ME.
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Colby Armstrong added a tip-in with 8: 12 remaining in the third period.
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These come with a full color tip-in sheet signed and numbered by ME.
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These come with a full color tip-in sheet signed and numbered by ME.
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Reed said the Wildcats "gave all we had to give" after a game in which forward Alexander Starling made a tip-in that would have forced overtime ... but the shot was negated because officials ruled it came after the final buzzer.
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The senior guard took a hard fall after attempting a tip-in dunk with more than 14 minutes remaining in the game.
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The Nets narrowly missed pulling this one out, but Kris Humphries tip-in of Williams's floater came a split second after the final buzzer.
Sunds 104, Nets 103 2011
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Blake Comeau's tip-in with 57.3 seconds left in overtime led the New York Islanders to a victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.
reesetee commented on the word tip-in
Also (in bookbinding) tipped in.
February 22, 2011