1 a flat area on a golf course from which players hit the ball:
to drive off from the first tee * a tee shot
2 a small piece of plastic or wood that you stick in the ground to support a golf ball before you hit it
IDIOMS see T
verb (teed, teed)
PHRASALVERBS
tee off to hit a golf ball from a tee, especially at the start of a match:
The first pair are due to tee off at 10 o'clock.
tee sb<->off (AmE, informal) to make sb angry or annoyed:
It really teed me off when she was late again.
tee sth<->up
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is tee a noun, verb, or something else?
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