verb
- past tense of tee; placed a golf ball on a tee
- past tense of tee; made angry or annoyed
Usage: golf
Usage: informal; usually in phrase ‘teed off’
Examples
- She teed up her ball on the first hole.
- He teed off at dawn to avoid the crowds.
- The golfer carefully teed the ball before his drive.
- The long wait really teed him off.
- She was teed off about the cancelled meeting.
- The referee’s bad call teed off the entire team.