TEE OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tee off mean? 

• TEE OFF (verb)
  The verb TEE OFF has 1 sense:

1. strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole

  Familiarity information: TEE OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "tee off" is one way to...):

play (participate in games or sport)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

teeoff (the act of hitting a golf ball from the teeing ground at the start of each hole)