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noun
1.
Golf.
a.
Also called teeing ground. the starting place, usually a hard mound of earth, at the beginning of play for each hole.
b.
a small wooden, plastic, metal, or rubber peg from which the ball is driven, as in teeing off.
2.
Football. a device on which the ball may be placed to raise it off the ground preparatory to kicking.
verb (used with object)
3.
Golf. to place (the ball) on a tee.
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Teeing
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
4.
tee off,
a.
Golf. to strike the ball from a tee.
b.
Slang. to reprimand severely; scold: He teed off on his son for wrecking the car.
c.
Informal. to begin: They teed off the program with a medley of songs.
d.
Baseball, Softball. to make many runs and hits, especially extra-base hits: teeing off for six runs on eight hits, including three doubles and a home run.
e.
Baseball, Softball. to hit (a pitched ball) hard and far: He teed off on a fastball and drove it into the bleachers.
f.
Boxing. to strike with a powerful blow, especially to the head: He teed off on his opponent with an overhand right.
g.
Slang. to make angry, irritated, or disgusted: She was teed off because her dinner guests were late.
Origin:
1665–75; origin uncertain
1665–75; origin uncertain
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Word Origin & History
tee
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 1673; fig. sense of "to make ready" (usually with up) is recorded from 1938. Teed off in
EXPAND the fig. sense of "angry, annoyed" is first recorded 1953, probably as a euphemism for p(iss)ed off.
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