What does "tee" mean?
The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
Tee
/ˈtiː/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
- Grammar: tee is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: ball support, begin, football tee, golf peg.
- Usage evidence: He wasn't allowed into the restaurant because his tee shirt had a swear word on it.
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- 3 A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
- 4 Alternative letter-case form of tee. alt-of
- 5 Initialism of transesophageal echocardiogram. Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground wordnet
- 7 Something shaped like the letter T.
"angles and tees"
- 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."
- 9 Initialism of thromboembolic event. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 10 support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff wordnet
- 11 Ellipsis of tee-shirt. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
"Brendan pulled a black tee over his head."
- 12 The target area of a curling rink.
- 13 Initialism of term end examination. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 14 the starting place for each hole on a golf course wordnet
- 15 The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
- 16 The mark at which players aim in quoits.
Verb
- 1 To redirect output to multiple destinations.
"[…] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]"
- 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 To teach, educate, train, bring up. obsolete
- 4 connect with a tee wordnet
- 5 place on a tee wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.
- 2 A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
- 3 Initialism of Trans Europ Express. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
"Rendezvous on Champs-Elysees / Leave Paris in the morning with T-E-E"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"He wasn't allowed into the restaurant because his tee shirt had a swear word on it."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "tee"?
Common synonyms include: ball support, begin, football tee, golf peg, golf tee, open.
How do you use "tee" in a sentence?
He wasn't allowed into the restaurant because his tee shirt had a swear word on it.
How do you pronounce "tee"?
Pronounced /ˈtiː/.
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
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
Etymology 3
From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.
Etymology 4
From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).
Etymology 5
From Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.