tee
nounverbnounverbverbnounattested in dialogue
- //ˈtiː//
The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
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.
They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.
ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".
- 2
Something shaped like the letter T.
angles and tees
- 3
The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
- 4
Variant of tee-shirtinformalEllipsis of tee-shirt.
Brendan pulled a black tee over his head.
Etymology
* From Middle English, 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.
verb
- 1
To redirect output to multiple destinations.
[…] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]
noun
- 1
A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- 2
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.
- 3
The target area of a curling rink.
- 4
The mark at which players aim in quoits.
Etymology
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
verb
- 1
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.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo teach, educate, train, bring up.
Etymology
From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.
noun
- 1
A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
Etymology
From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).
Forms
- plural
- tees
- past tense
- teed
- past participle
- teed
- present participle
- teeing
- third person singular
- tees
tee · The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
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