tee
pronunciation
How to pronounce tee in British English:
UK [ti:]
How to pronounce tee in American English:
US [ti]
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- Noun:
- the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
- a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
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- Verb:
- place on a tee
- connect with a tee
Word Origin
- tee (n.)
- in golf, 1721, back-formation from teaz (1673), taken as a plural; a Scottish word of uncertain origin. The original form was a little heap of sand. The verb meaning "place a ball on a golf tee" is recorded from 1670s; figurative sense of "to make ready" (usually with up) is recorded from 1938. Teed off in the figurative sense of "angry, annoyed" is first recorded 1953, probably as a euphemism for p(iss)ed off.
Example
- 1. Sir , this way to the next tee .
- 2. After hitting a bad errant tee shot , he slinging his club into the nearby brush .
- 3. I want to make the next tee today .
- 4. Walking to the first tee , I rashly remarked that if the light rain didn 't get worse , we could have a pleasant round .
- 5. He says he could usually persuade them otherwise by the sixth tee .