tee off

verb

Definition of tee offnext
as in to anger

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Recent Examples of tee off Benge cut the lead to 7-3, only for Julio Rodriguez to tee off on left-hander Cionel Perez in the bottom of the inning to put the Mariners back up by five. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026 The Reserve is known for its 1,000-foot elevation change and hillside clubhouse, where golfers can take in the mountain views before teeing off or after finishing a round. — Megan Dubois, USA Today, 13 May 2026 This was decades before the NFL introduced an evolving slew of rules to further protect quarterbacks under a roughing-the-passer penalty, and when defenders would tee off on signal-callers from the head to the legs. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 13 May 2026 With the golf world's best preparing to tee off in her backyard for the 2026 PGA Championship, one of the most promising young golfers in the Philadelphia area is taking notes. — Nikki Dementri, CBS News, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tee off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tee off
  1. anger
  2. rant
  3. snarl
  4. sputter
  5. rage
  6. rave
  7. vent
  8. fulminate
Verb
  • Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich faces a fight for political survival in elections in October after angering his fellow West Bank settlers by voting not to punish ultra-Orthodox Jews who refuse to serve in the military.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The actor also objected to being a locker room scene that required full-frontal nudity, which allegedly angered Russell, TMZ reported.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of anger
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  • Membership was open to the lazy, the unemployed and anyone who mostly ranted.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Trump, ranting for minutes on end about Balogun’s red card on the morning of the match, became the voice of it.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of rant
Verb
  • WestJet canceled 495 flights Sunday, snarling travel plans in Canada in the middle of a long holiday weekend.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • After the upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic, followed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes that snarled the production pipeline, many industry observers feared that Zoomers were a lost demographic.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of snarl
Verb
  • Oil prices fell Monday even as diplomatic efforts to end the US-Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz sputtered.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The redshirt junior signal caller sputtered to start the first half of 2025, but by November, Manning was one of the best quarterbacks in the country and should carry that over into this year.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of sputter
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  • As the war with Iran rages on and transit through the Strait of Hormuz is constrained, energy prices remain high (though not quite as high as before).
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Behind them, the battle for backup corner jobs rages on with no clear leader.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of rage
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  • My mom raves about Vuori loungewear, and there’s currently a pair of the brand’s airy, feather-soft wide-leg pants on sale for 25 percent off.
    — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Endless football, someone raving about artichoke dip, young parents discussing nap schedules.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of rave
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  • After the match, British politicians and fans took to social media to vent their anger, helping amplify a wave of online posts criticizing both Argentina and its national team, digital researchers said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Individuals with a portable air conditioner that has a single hose, which is typically vented out of a window, should use it sparingly.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of vent
Verb
  • Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.
    — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of fulminate

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