tee off

1. 1.

   strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole

   Broaderplay

   golf

Questions about tee off

What does tee off mean?

tee off means "strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole".

Is tee off a common word?

tee off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.