Tees

UK: /tiːz/ US: (tēz)

From the verb tee: (⇒ conjugate)

tees is: ⓘ

v 3rd person singular

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Tees (tēz), n. 

1. Place Names a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 mi. (113 km) long.

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Tees / tiːz/ noun

1. a river in N England, rising in the N Pennines and flowing southeast and east to the North Sea at Middlesbrough. Length: 113 km (70 miles)

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tee² /ti/   n., v., teed, tee•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. Sport
   • Also called ˈtee•ing ˌground. the area from which the first stroke on each hole of a golf course is played.
   • a small peg or a mound of earth from which a golf ball is driven at the beginning of each hole.
2. Sport a stand on which a football is rested to position it for kicking before a kickoff.

v. 

3. Sport [~ + object] to place (a ball) on a tee.
4. tee off:
   • Sport [no object] to strike a golf ball from a tee:
     They finally teed off at eleven o'clock.
   • [Slang.] to make angry or irritated: [~ + object + off]
     Her cheating and lying tee me off.
     [~ + off + object]
     Her lies teed off everybody on that committee.

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tee¹  (tē), n. 

1. the letter T or t.
2. Building something shaped like aT,as a three-way joint used in fitting pipes together.
3. Building T-bar.
4. Clothing T-shirt.
5. Sport the mark aimed at in various games, as curling.
6. to a tee. See T, t (def. 6).

adj. 

7. having a crosspiece at the top;
   shaped like aT.

• spelling, spelled form of the letter name

tee²  (tē), n., v., teed, tee•ing. 
n. 

1. Sport [Golf.]
   • Also called teeing ground. the starting place, usually a hard mound of earth, at the beginning of play for each hole.
   • a small wooden, plastic, metal, or rubber peg from which the ball is driven, as in teeing off.
2. Sport [Football.] a device on which the ball may be placed to raise it off the ground preparatory to kicking.

v.t. 

3. Sport [Golf.] to place (the ball) on a tee.
4. tee off:
   • Sport [Golf.] to strike the ball from a tee.
   • Slang Terms to reprimand severely;
     scold:
     He teed off on his son for wrecking the car.
   • Informal Terms to begin:
     They teed off the program with a medley of songs.
   • Sport [Baseball, Softball.] to make many runs and hits, esp. extra-base hits:
     teeing off for six runs on eight hits, including three doubles and a home run.
   • Sport [Baseball, Softball.] to hit (a pitched ball) hard and far:
     He teed off on a fastball and drove it into the bleachers.
   • Sport [Boxing.] to strike with a powerful blow, esp. to the head:
     He teed off on his opponent with an overhand right.
   • [Slang.] to make angry, irritated, or disgusted:
     She was teed off because her dinner guests were late.

• origin, originally uncertain 1665–75

TEE, 

1. Trans-Europe Express. Also, T-E-E 

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tee / tiː/ noun

1. a pipe fitting in the form of a letter T, used to join three pipes
2. a metal section with a cross section in the form of a letter T, such as a rolled-steel joist

tee / tiː/ noun

1. Also called: teeing ground an area, often slightly elevated, from which the first stroke of a hole is made
2. a support for a golf ball, usually a small wooden or plastic peg, used when teeing off or in long grass, etc

verb (tees, teeing, teed)

1. when intr, often followed by up: to position (the ball) ready for striking, on or as if on a tee

Etymology: 17th Century teaz, of unknown origin

tee / tiː/ noun

1. a mark used as a target in certain games such as curling and quoits

Etymology: 18th Century: perhaps from T-shaped marks, which may have originally been used in curling