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# tee

noun (a tee, tees); verb (tee, tees, teed, teeing — usually «tee up», «tee off»)

«tee» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tee is a small peg, often wooden or plastic, that holds a golf ball up before it is hit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#m1)
2. The tee is also the flat area where each hole in golf begins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#m2)
3. (informal) A tee is short for a T-shirt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#m3)
4. To tee up is to put the ball on a tee, or to get something ready; to tee off is to make the first hit in golf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#m4)
5. A tee is also the letter T or a T-shaped thing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#m5)

### In the lessons

In PE, golf and mini-golf lessons use tees; in tee-ball (T-ball) young children hit a baseball from a stand called a tee. In everyday speech, «tee» means T-shirt. «Teed off» (US slang) means annoyed. «To a T» (sometimes «to a tee») means exactly or perfectly. Phrases: «tee off», «tee up», «tee-ball», «fits to a T».

### Examples

- Put the golf ball on the tee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#x1)
- We met at the first tee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#x2)
- Dad teed off and the ball flew into the bushes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#x3)
- He wore a white tee and shorts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#x4)
- In tee-ball, you hit the ball off a stand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#x5)
- The coach teed up the next game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#x6)
- That costume suits you to a tee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Sounds the same as «tea» (the drink) and «T» (the letter). «Teed off» is slang for «annoyed», not polite in formal writing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tee/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tee.html) on Mova free.