Meaning

3 senses
  1. To hit the first shot of the hole, from the tee.

    I always check the wind direction before I tee off.

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  2. (broadly)To hit the ball very hard, especially for a home run.

    Reyes teed off on a hanging curve to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead.

  3. (idiomatic, slang, transitive)To irritate, vex, or annoy.

    Boy, do his jibes ever tee me off!

More definitions
  • strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
golf: to hit the first shot of a hole:

Forms

tees off, teeing off, teed off, teed off
Base formtee off · to tee off
3rd person singulartees off
Present participleteeing off
Past simpleteed off
Past participleteed off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytee off
he, she, ittees off

Past simpleLesson

all personsteed off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave teed off
he, she, ithas teed off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tee off

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

73 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedteeoff

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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