tee up

verb

To place a golf ball on a tee.

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Meanings

verbtee up (third-person singular simple present tees up, present participle teeing up, simple past and past participle teed up)

present singular third person tees up · participle present teeing up · participle past teed up · past teed up

  1. golfTo place a golf ball on a tee.
  2. ball gamesTo pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot.

    This time the defender was teed up by Andrew Johnson's short free-kick on the edge of the box and Baird hammered his low drive beyond Begovic's outstretched left arm and into the bottom corner, doubling his goal tally for the season and stunning the home crowd.

    2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC
  3. American footballTo place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.
  4. ball gamesTo give a coach or player a technical foul.
  5. figurativelyTo prepare; to make ready.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbplace on a tee

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Polish umieszczać piłkę golfową na podstawce, umieścić piłkę golfową na podstawce
  • umieszczać piłkę golfową na podstawceto place a golf ball on a tee
  • umieścić piłkę golfową na podstawceto place a golf ball on a tee
  • wystawiać piłkęto pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot
  • wystawić piłkęto pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot
  • ustawiać piłkę do wykoputo place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff
  • ustawić piłkę do wykoputo place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff
  • karać za przewinienie techniczneto give a coach or player a technical foul
  • ukarać za przewinienie techniczneto give a coach or player a technical foul
  • przygotowywaćto prepare
  • przygotowaćto prepare
Cite this entry
APA

tee up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tee%20up

MLA

“tee up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tee%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tee up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tee%20up.

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