tap-in

[tap-in]

noun

Basketball.

1. a field goal made by striking a ball in the air into the basket, usually from close range.

tap-in

noun

1. soccer a goal scored without great effort by simply knocking the ball into the goal from close range

Word History and Origins

Origin of tap-in¹

Noun use of verb phrase tap in

Example Sentences

Grant birdied the par-four 17th and had a comfortable enough margin to bogey 18, her first bogey since her opening hole on Friday, and still make a relaxed tap-in for the title.

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But Kaoru Mitoma sneaked in at the far post behind Noussair Mazraoui to put the visitors ahead again, before goalkeeper Andre Onana allowed a routine low cross from Yasin Ayari to slip from his grasp under no pressure to present Georginio Rutter with a tap-in.

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He cosied his birdie try to tap-in.

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With his side trailing 1-0 to Real Betis in Seville, Igor Jesus levelled with a tap-in before heading Forest into a 2-1 lead from a corner less than five minutes later.

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Meanwhile, Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland and Lowry - courtesy of a superb approach that set up a tap-in birdie on the 18th - are in an eight-man group at five under.

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