Tee Definition

tē

teed, teeing, tees

noun

tees

The letter t.

American Heritage

Something shaped like T.

Webster's New World

Webster's New World

A mark aimed at in quoits, curling, etc.

Webster's New World

A small, cone-shaped mound as of sand, on which a golf ball was placed to be driven.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

teed, teeing, tees

To place (a ball) on a tee.

Webster's New World

(obsolete) To draw; lead.

Wiktionary

(intransitive, obsolete) To draw away; go; proceed.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

adjective

Shaped like T.

Webster's New World

idiom

to a tee

American Heritage

tee off

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tee

Singular:

tee

Plural:

From Middle English teen, from Old English tÄ“on (“to pull, tug, draw, drag, entice, allure, induce, lead, bring, rear, educate, attract, arrogate, bring forth, produce, restrain, betake oneself to, go, roam"), from Proto-Germanic *teuhanÄ… (“to draw, lead, bring, pull, help"), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead"). Cognate with Eastern Frisian tja (“to pull, draw"), Low German teen (“to draw, pull"), German ziehen (“to draw, pull, drag"), Latin dÅ«cō (“draw, pull, lead") and Albanian nduk (“to draw (out), pull up, pluck").

From Wiktionary
From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin te (the name of the letter T).

From Wiktionary
Back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz (taken as a pl.)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
First attested in the 17th century with the form teaz.

From Wiktionary