What is "tee"

Tee \Tee\, n. [Cf. Icel. tj[=a] to show, mark.]

1. The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

2. The nodule of earth, or a short peg stuck into the ground, from which the ball is struck at the beginning of play for each hole in golf.

Tee \Tee\, n.

1. A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

2. The letter T, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter T.

Tee \Tee\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Teed; p. pr. & vb. n. Teeing.] (Golf) To place (the ball) on a tee; also called to tee up.

in golf, 1721, back-formation from teaz (1673), taken as a plural; a Scottish word of uncertain origin. The original form was a little heap of sand. The verb meaning "place a ball on a golf tee" is recorded from 1670s; figurative sense of "to make ready" (usually with up) is recorded from 1938. Teed off in the figurative sense of "angry, annoyed" is first recorded 1953, probably as a euphemism for p(iss)ed off.

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2. 1 (context transitive obsolete English) To draw; lead. 2 (context intransitive obsolete English) To draw away; go; proceed. Etymology 3

   n. 1 (context golf English) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole. 2 (context golf baseball English) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is hit. 3 (context curling English) The target area of a curling rink 4 The mark at which players aim in quoits. vb. (context golf English) To place a ball on a tee

1. n. the starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee" [syn: teeing ground]

2. support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff [syn: football tee]

3. a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground [syn: golf tee]

1. v. place on a tee; "tee golf balls" [syn: tee up]

2. connect with a tee; "tee two pipes"

A tee is a stand used to support a stationary ball so that the player can strike it, particularly in golf, tee ball, American football, and rugby.

In computing, tee is a command in command-line interpreters ( shells) using standard streams which reads standard input and writes it to both standard output and one or more files, effectively duplicating its input. It is primarily used in conjunction with pipes and filters. The command is named after the T-splitter used in plumbing.

The tee (⊤), also called down tack (as opposed to the up tack) or verum is a symbol used to represent:

• The top element in lattice theory.
• A logical constant denoting a tautology in logic.
• The top type in type theory.

A similar-looking superscript T may be used to mean the transpose of a matrix.

Tee is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including:

• T, a letter of the alphabet
• Tee, an item of sports equipment, used a.o. in golf
• Teeing ground, part of a golf course from where each golfer plays his first shot at each hole
• T-shirt, an item of apparel
• tee (command), a unix shell command
• Tee (symbol), symbol used in mathematics, logic and computer science
• Tee, a component in multimedia frameworks that connects multiple inputs to multiple outputs
• Tee Pee Records, a record label
• Tee Productions, a record label
• Tee Records, a record label
• Tertiary Entrance Exam, an important exam for high school students in Western Australia
• Total energy expenditure, the total amount of energy an individual expends (usually per day)
• Thromboembolism, ThromboEmbolic Event
• Trans-Europ Express, a former international train network in Europe
• Trans-Europe Express (album), an album by the German electronic band Kraftwerk
• Transesophageal echocardiogram, a medical test that creates two dimensional images of the heart
• Trusted execution environment, an execution framework with a higher level of security than the main operating system itself
• Ben Tee, a Scottish mountain
• Tee language, a language spoken in Nigeria
• TEE as Trusted execution environment, a standard for computer security
• Faculty of Technology, Engineering and the Environment (Birmingham City University)
• Tees, Alberta, a hamlet in Alberta, Canada
• Tee, also known as Ofisa Toleafoa, a competitor on the X Factor Australia 2014