TAP-OFF

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball

Synonyms:

tap-off; tip-off

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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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