tee

n. a small wooden or plastic peg used to hold a golf ball off the ground for the first shot of a hole.

n. a small peg, typically made of wood or plastic, from which a golf ball is struck at the beginning of a hole.

“He pushed the wooden tee into the grass and carefully balanced his ball on top.”

“The professional golfer selected a longer tee to accommodate the specific launch angle required for his new driver.”

n. the flat area of grass where a golfer starts playing each hole.

n. the designated area of a golf course from which players execute their initial stroke for a given hole.

“The players gathered at the first tee to begin their morning round.”

“Heavy rain overnight had left the tenth tee somewhat muddy, forcing the tournament organisers to adjust the starting positions.”

n. an object or pipe shaped like the letter T.

n. a fitting or structural element shaped like the letter T, often used in plumbing or engineering to join three pipes.

“The plumber used a copper tee to connect the three water pipes under the sink.”

“The structural engineer specified a reinforced steel tee to manage the load distribution at the intersection of the three beams.”

n. a short way of saying T-shirt.

n. an informal clipping of 'tee-shirt', referring to a collarless, short-sleeved cotton undershirt or outer garment.

“I just threw on a plain white tee and some jeans for the park.”

“The boutique specialised in organic cotton tees featuring minimalist graphic designs by local artists.”

Informal

v. to put a golf ball on a tee ready to hit it.

v. to place a ball on a tee in preparation for a stroke; frequently used in the phrasal verb 'tee up'.

“It is your turn to tee your ball and take the first shot.”

“After carefully checking the wind direction, she teed up her ball and took a few practice swings.”

v. to split a stream of data so it goes to two places at once.

v. to use a command-line utility to read from standard input and write to both standard output and one or more files simultaneously.

“You can tee the output to a log file while still seeing it on your screen.”

“The administrator used the tee command to capture the installation script's progress in a text file for later auditing.”

Technical