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

Examples of tap-in in a Sentence

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Within two passes, Brentford had a tap-in opportunity at the other end. Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025 Anticlimax reigned during the penalty kill as, after an initial strong save by Gibson, a bad hop off the end boards from Jacob Trouba’s clearing attempt served up a tap-in goal at the side of the net for Huberdeau, 2:05 into OT. Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025 Joel Eriksson Ek collected the puck, entered the zone and found Zuccarello for an easy backdoor tap-in. Joe Smith, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024 Well, yes, Timo Werner breezes past Walker easily… … to square the ball for a Brennan Johnson tap-in… … but Werner only came on in the 89th minute, while Walker had played the whole game. Michael Cox, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 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 21 Jan. 2025.

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