tee
18
3.7
- noun
- /tiː/
:
tee
- Before each hole, players set their ball on a tee to prepare for their next shot.
- ball on a tee
Examples
-
You put the ball on the tee.
-
You put that ball back on the tee, and you keep swinging.
-
Save it for the first tee.
-
- The ball is still on the tee.
-
The ball rockets off the tee and keeps going... and going...
Fiction book (1998) -
Swing after swing, Taylor retrieved the ball and set it back on the tee, encouraging Kyle to try again.
Fiction book (2001) -
I don't understand why they don't just let me hit off the tee.
-
Get off the tee.
-
She carefully placed the ball on the tee before taking her swing from the first hole.
-
At the golf course, we gathered around the tee box, waiting for our turn to play.
Synonyms
1
2.2
A short peg in the ground that holds a golf ball for the first shot on each hole
A small stand that holds a football upright for a kick
Compounds
- Specialized
A metal T shaped plate that joins a door or gate to its frame and lets it open
How High
- US
18
3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tee for the small peg used to hold a ball comes from the simple image of a little 'peg' or 'stand' that lifts the ball off the ground. So a tee makes it easier to hit the ball cleanly.