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tee(5) (iou)



tee verb trans. [ti:] Also (earlier) teaz. Pa. t. & pple teed. L17.
[from TEE noun2.]
Golf. Place (a ball) on a tee ready to be struck.
With adverbs in specialized senses: tee off (a) verb phr. intrans. play a ball from a tee; transf. begin, start, esp. a game or performance; (b) verb phr. trans. (fig., N. Amer. slang) anger, annoy, irritate (esp. as teed off); tee up verb phr. trans. & intrans. (a) place (a ball) on a tee ready to be struck; (b) transf. prepare, get ready, esp. to play.
Comb.: teeing-ground a small patch of ground from which a ball is teed off; tee-off the start of play in golf and (now also) other sports.