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te|dium /tiː diəm/ N‑UNCOUNT If you talk about the tedium of a job, task, or situation, you think it is boring and rather frustrating. □ [+ of ] She began to wonder whether she wouldn't go mad with the tedium of the job.

tee /tiː / (tees , teeing , teed )

1 N‑COUNT In golf, a tee is a small piece of wood or plastic which is used to support the ball before it is hit at the start of each hole.

2 N‑COUNT On a golf course, a tee is one of the small flat areas of ground from which people hit the ball at the start of each hole.

▸  tee off

1 PHRASAL VERB If someone or something tees you off , they make you angry or annoyed. [mainly AM , INFORMAL ] □ [V n P ] Something the boy said to him teed him off. □ [V P n] That really teed off the old boy.

2 PHRASAL VERB In golf, when you tee off , you hit the ball from a tee at the start of a hole. □ [V P ] In a few hours' time most of the world's top golfers tee off in the U.S. Masters.

teem /tiː m/ (teems , teeming , teemed ) VERB [usu cont] If you say that a place is teeming with people or animals, you mean that it is crowded and the people and animals are moving around a lot. □ [V + with ] For most of the year, the area is teeming with tourists.

teen /tiː n/ (teens )

1 N‑PLURAL [usu poss N ] If you are in your teens , you are between thirteen and nineteen years old. □  Amazingly, all the performers are still in their teens.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Teen is used to describe things such as films, magazines, bands, or activities that are aimed at or are done by people who are in their teens. □  She rose to fame in several US teen movie classics.

teen|age ◆◇◇ /tiː ne I dʒ/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Teenage children are aged between thirteen and nineteen years old. □  I was on my way home when two teenage girls joined me at the bus stop.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Teenage is used to describe things such as films, magazines, bands, or activities that are aimed at or are done by teenage children. □  The ad was soliciting romantic stories for an all-colour teenage magazine.

teen|aged /tiː ne I dʒd/ ADJ [ADJ n] Teenaged people are aged between thirteen and nineteen. □  She is the mother of two teenaged daughters.

teen|ager ◆◇◇ /tiː ne I dʒə ^r / (teenagers ) N‑COUNT A teenager is someone who is between thirteen and nineteen years old. □  As a teenager he attended Tulse Hill Senior High School.

tee|ny /tiː ni/ (teenier , teeniest ) ADJ [ADJ n] If you describe something as teeny , you are emphasizing that it is very small. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □  …little teeny bugs.

teeny|bopper /tiː nibɒpə ^r / (teenyboppers ) also teeny-bopper N‑COUNT A teenybopper is a teenager, usually a girl, who is very interested in pop music. [INFORMAL , OLD-FASHIONED ]

tee|pee /tiː piː/ → see tepee

tee -shirt → see T-shirt

tee|ter /tiː tə ^r / (teeters , teetering , teetered )

1 VERB Teeter is used in expressions such as teeter on the brink and teeter on the edge to emphasize that something seems to be in a very unstable situation or position. [EMPHASIS ] □ [V + on ] Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. □ [V + on ] His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.

2 VERB If someone or something teeters , they shake in an unsteady way, and seem to be about to lose their balance and fall over. □ [V adv/prep] Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance. [Also V ]

teeth /tiː θ/ Teeth is the plural of tooth .