like a shot, tee shot, three-stroke

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) – Japan's Ai Miyazato shot a 2-under 70 on Friday in difficult wind conditions to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA LOTTE Championship. By Jeff Gross, Getty Images Ai Miyazato hits a tee shot on the 16th ..


  KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) – Japan's Ai Miyazato shot a 2-under 70 on Friday in difficult wind conditions to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA LOTTE Championship. By Jeff Gross, Getty Images Ai Miyazato hits a tee shot on the 16th ..


I'd marry like a shot.

like a shot

Very rapidly, as in When they asked for volunteers, he raised his hand like a shot. This expression alludes to the rapidity of gunfire. [Colloquial; late 1800s]



 tee
 (tē)
n.

1. The letter t.
2. Something shaped like a T.
3. Sports & Games. A mark aimed at in certain games, such as curling or quoits.

idiom:to a tee

1. Perfectly; exactly: a plan that suits me to a tee.

tee² (tē)
n.

1. A small peg with a concave top for holding a golf ball for an initial drive.
2. The designated area of each golf hole from which a player makes his or her first stroke.
3. A device used to stand a football on end for a kickoff.
4. A shaft with a concave top attached to a flat base, used to hold the ball in T-ball.

tr.v., teed, tee·ing, tees.
To place (a ball) on a tee. Often used with up.

phrasal verb:tee off

1. To drive a golf ball from the tee.
2. Slang. To start or begin: They teed off the fundraising campaign with a dinner.
3. Slang. To make angry or disgusted: The impertinent remarks teed the speaker off.

[Back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz (taken as a pl.).]

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tee[tee²]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[tíː]

[名]《ゴルフ》ティー.

1 各ホールの出発点.

2 球をのせる台.

━━[動]（〜d, 〜・ing）(他)

1 《ゴルフ》〈球を〉ティーにのせる((up)).

2 …を準備する, 手配する((up)).

tee off

(自)
(1) 《ゴルフ》ティーから球を打つ.
(2) ((俗))（…を）きびしく責める［しかる］((on ...)).
(3) 《野球》（ボールを）痛打する((on ...)).

━━(他)

［tee ...off/tee off ...］

(1) ((俗))…を始める.
(2) ((通例受身))〈人を〉怒らせる, うんざりさせる.