English Dictionary

TAP-OFF

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tap-off mean? 

TAP-OFF (noun)
  The noun TAP-OFF has 1 sense:

1. the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ballplay

  Familiarity information: TAP-OFF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAP-OFF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

tap-off; tip-off

Hypernyms ("tap-off" is a kind of...):

jump ball ((basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate)

Holonyms ("tap-off" is a part of...):

basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)


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