tee off en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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To hit the first shot of the hole, from the tee.
I always check the wind direction before I tee off.
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(broadly) To hit the ball very hard, especially for a home run.
Reyes teed off on a hanging curve to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead.
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(idiomatic, slang, transitive) To irritate, vex, or annoy.
Boy, do his jibes ever tee me off!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| teeing off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| teed off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| teed off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| tees off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
hack off · get up · cheese off · acerbate · nark · irk · Idioms: · aggravate · raise someone's hackles · tick off · frustrate · get someone's nanny · torque off · get someone's Irish up · get someone's dander up · rub up the wrong way · tick off · pee off · storm · mommick · ruffle someone's feathers · sting · rile up · vex · provoke · give someone the shits · get on someone's wick · put someone's back up · rile · nerve · rub someone the wrong way · nettle · get someone's goat · exasperate · persecute · grotch · disgruntle · cheese off · burn someone's ass · botherate · irritate · hassle · pique · molest · get on someone's tits · piss off · grate · wind up · pee off · ruffle · bother · chap someone's hide · test someone's patience · trouble · get someone's back up · roil · try one's patience · boil someone's piss · get under one's goat · peeve · peeve off · get under someone's skin · bug · piss off · annoy · get someone's nanny-goat · antagonize · tee off · burn up · grind one's gears · get on someone's nerves · rankle · harsh one's mellow · jazz · get · devil · bedevil
Translations (5)
fi tiiata (golf: to hit the first shot of a hole) · sv slå ut (golf: to hit the first shot of a hole) · sv gå på nerverna (to irritate, vex, annoy) · de abschlagen (golf: to hit the first shot of a hole) · fi ärsyttää (to irritate, vex, annoy)