Technically, any final stroke that results in the ball being in the hole, is a "hole-out".
My point was that is surprises me that people were calling it a "chip-in" because it most certainly was not a chip by any definition.
Definition:
The term "hole out" can be used as a noun or a verb:
Noun:
A "hole out" is a shot that results in the ball winding up in the hole. As such, every last stroke on a given
golf hole
is a "hole out," since your play of a hole isn't over until the ball rests in the
cup
.
But the way "hole out" is most often used as a noun is to refer to shots the unexpectedly result in the ball finding the cup; a shot from the
fairway
, for example, or a blast out of
bunker
.