tee
tees; teed; teeing
In golf, a tee is the small wooden support off of which you hit a golf ball. The word tee is also used more generally for the area of a golf course where you begin a match.
Other sports that use a tee include tee ball, American football, and rugby—each of these tees is significantly larger than a golf tee. As a verb, tee means "hit off of a tee," and in golf you "tee off" when play begins. Besides its Scottish origin, not much is known about where this word comes from. Informally, when you're teed off at someone, you're really angry.
Definitions of tee
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a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
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synonyms:
golf tee
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type of:
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golf equipment
sports equipment used in playing golf
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nog, peg
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
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golf equipment
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support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
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synonyms:
football tee
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type of:
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support
any device that bears the weight of another thing
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support
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the starting place for each hole on a golf course“they were waiting on the first tee”
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synonyms:
teeing ground
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place on a tee
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connect with a tee
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