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Tee

//ˈtiː// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.
  2. 2
    A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
  3. 3
    Initialism of Trans Europ Express. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

    "Rendezvous on Champs-Elysees / Leave Paris in the morning with T-E-E"

Noun
  1. 1
    The name of the Latin script letter T/t.

    "The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch."

  2. 2
    A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  3. 3
    A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of tee. alt-of
  5. 5
    Initialism of transesophageal echocardiogram. Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground wordnet
  2. 7
    Something shaped like the letter T.

    "angles and tees"

  3. 8
    A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.

    "Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final."

  4. 9
    Initialism of thromboembolic event. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 10
    support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff wordnet
  6. 11
    Ellipsis of tee-shirt. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

    "Brendan pulled a black tee over his head."

  7. 12
    The target area of a curling rink.
  8. 13
    Initialism of term end examination. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  9. 14
    the starting place for each hole on a golf course wordnet
  10. 15
    The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
  11. 16
    The mark at which players aim in quoits.
Verb
  1. 1
    To redirect output to multiple destinations.

    "[…] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]"

  2. 2
    To place a ball on a tee

    "If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits."

  3. 3
    To teach, educate, train, bring up. obsolete
  4. 4
    connect with a tee wordnet
  5. 5
    place on a tee wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

* From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.

Etymology 2

* From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.

Etymology 3

First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.

Etymology 4

First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.

Etymology 5

From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.

Etymology 6

From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).

Etymology 7

From Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.

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