tee
To redirect output to multiple destinationsTo redirect output to multiple destinations.
» Yanni described this creature to a tee.
Meaning
3 sensesTo redirect output to multiple destinations.
To place a ball on a tee
place on a tee
(obsolete)To teach, educate, train, bring up.
Examples
6 sentencesYanni described this creature to a tee.
That's a good tee shot.
He wasn't allowed into the restaurant because his tee shirt had a swear word on it.
I need to take off this little blemish on my tee-shirt as soon as possible.
That looks like the kind of guy who'd buy me lots of designer goods tee-hee-hee.
Origin
* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). Fir* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T).
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.
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Forms
tees, teeing, teed, teedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle