"tee off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-tee off.ogg [Australia] Forms: tees off [present, singular, third-person], teeing off [participle, present], teed off [participle, past], teed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tee off (third-person singular simple present tees off, present participle teeing off, simple past and past participle teed off)
  1. (golf) To hit the first shot of the hole, from the tee. Categories (topical): Golf Translations (golf: to hit the first shot of a jole): tiiata (Finnish), abschlagen (German), slå ut (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tee_off-en-verb-ZaMJDgc9 Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'golf: to hit the first shot of a jole': 64 32 3
  2. (baseball, by extension) To hit the ball very hard, especially for a home run. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-tee_off-en-verb-TxLH0mD0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 55 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 27 60 13 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (idiomatic, transitive, slang) To irritate, vex, or annoy. Tags: idiomatic, slang, transitive Translations (to irritate, vex, annoy): ärsyttää (Finnish), gå på nerverna (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tee_off-en-verb-MaLpW~XU Disambiguation of 'to irritate, vex, annoy': 2 2 96

Inflected forms

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