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teeing ground

 
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–noun Golf.
tee 2 (def. 1a).
Origin:
1885–90

tee

2  [tee] noun, verb, teed, tee⋅ing.
–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.
—Verb phrase
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, esp. 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, esp. 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; orig. uncert.
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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 the fig. sense of "angry, annoyed" is first recorded 1953, probably as a euphemism for p(iss)ed off.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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