1
: tip-in
2
: a very short easy putt in golf

Examples of tap-in in a Sentence

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First, Cody Glass tested Gibson’s glove with a shot from the slot, before the Ducks went the other way and nearly created a backdoor tap-in for Vatrano. Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2025 On a solid, grinding shift, Pastrnak came out from behind the net and made a slick cross-crease pass to Geekie for a tap-in, Geekie’s 13th of the season. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025 Not the method itself, but how a player scores their three goals — a hat-trick can come from three tap-ins, or three long-range strikes alongside an incredible performance. Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025 Within two passes, Brentford had a tap-in opportunity at the other end. Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for tap-in 

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tap-in was in 1948

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“Tap-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap-in. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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