Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Basketball A field goal scored by tapping the ball into the basket with the fingertips.
- n. 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.
Examples
“The senior guard took a hard fall after attempting a tip-in dunk with more than 14 minutes remaining in the game.”
The Washington Post: Virginia 61, Virginia Tech 54: Three up, three down
“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.”
“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.”
“These come with a full color tip-in sheet signed and numbered by ME.”
“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.”
“Colby Armstrong added a tip-in with 8: 12 remaining in the third period.”
“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.”
The Washington Post: Jump ball: How will the Wizards do tonight?
“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.”
The Washington Post: No shortage of story lines for tonight's matchup
“Both teams finished their first-round series roughly 36 hours earlier, with the Lakers winning at Oklahoma City on Gasol's last-second tip-in shortly before Utah held off Denver.”
The Washington Post: Bryant's big finish seals Lakers' victory
“Steffphon Pettigrew hit a tip-in for the 12th-seeded Hilltoppers (25-9) that tied it at 81 with 7.2 seconds left.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tip-in’.
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Hockey
As the playoffs are on, some Hockey terms, and likely some Canadianisms in here.
face off, playoff beard, playoff, faceoff, bodycheck, hipcheck, icing, pass, facemask, stick, puck, Peter Puck and 182 more...
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The Bindery
A list of bookbinding terms and phrases, for assembling new or repairing/reassembling old books.
perfect binding, animal glue, spine, textblock, polyvinyl acetate, double-fan adhesi..., board, backing, rounding, bone, book cloth, pasteboard and 270 more...
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Here's a tip for you.
tip, tips, Tip, tipping, tip jar, tip-cat, tip-cheese, Tippi Hedren, tipi, Tipperary, tipsy, Tip O'Neill and 75 more...
Tweets
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reesetee Also (in bookbinding) tipped in. Feb 22, 2011