tee off

verb

teed off; teeing off; tees off

intransitive verb

1
: to drive from a tee
2
3
: to hit hard
4
: to make an angry denunciation
often used with on

Examples of tee off in a Sentence

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Sports + entertainment Sports at a glance … The final round of the PGA Championship tees off later today in Charlotte, North Carolina. Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 18 May 2025 Scheffler will play the final round of the PGA Championship with Noren, teeing off at 2:40 p.m. Eastern time. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025 The thought of golfers teeing off on an Indigenous sacred site every day grated Wallace. Kevin Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025 Conners was 8-under par and is set to tee off at 2:20 p.m. ET. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tee off

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tee off was in 1895

Cite this Entry

“Tee off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20off. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

tee off

verb
1
: to hit a golf ball from a tee in starting play on a hole
2

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