: a goal (as in basketball or hockey) made by deflecting a shot into the basket or net from very close range
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The Celtics gathered the rebound and called timeout, but their bid for a last-gasp tip-in with 0.3 seconds remaining was unsuccessful.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
The 7-footer grabbed his first rebound of the night with 10:10 left in the third quarter and scored his first and only points of the night on a tip-in dunk with 7:08 remaining in the third quarter.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2025
That left Ilya Mikheyev free to collect the puck and pass it to Nick Foligno, who passed around Drysdale’s slide technique to Maroon for the tying tip-in.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
His biggest basket of the night came on a one-handed tip-in to push the Heat’s lead to three with 1:03 left in the fourth quarter.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
The 7-footer grabbed his first rebound of the night with 10:10 left in the third quarter and scored his first and only points of the night on a tip-in dunk with 7:08 remaining in the third quarter.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2025
That left Ilya Mikheyev free to collect the puck and pass it to Nick Foligno, who passed around Drysdale’s slide technique to Maroon for the tying tip-in.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
His biggest basket of the night came on a one-handed tip-in to push the Heat’s lead to three with 1:03 left in the fourth quarter.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Tip-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tip-in. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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