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Teen - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Teen : adj : being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen
years" [syn: adolescent, teenage, teenaged]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Teen : \Teen\, v. t. [AS. te['o]nian, t?nan, to slander, vex.
[root]64. See Teen, n.]
To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Teen : \Teen\, v. t. [See Tine to shut.]
To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Teen : \Teen\, n. [OE. tene, AS. te['o]na reproach, wrong, fr.
te['o]n to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell,
announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.]
Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Spenser.
With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone.
--M. Arnold.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Teen |
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nancy777ca: @blizzardbella What? U don't like DH's fascinating Teen drama??? (rolls eyes) |
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stueemo: Smells Like Teen Spirit is still amazing - even the live at Reading version which begins as More Than a Feeling and Cobain mucks up the solo |
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LakishaJackson: What is wrong with people!!!! Missouri Teen stabs man with ice pick over parking spot http://bit.ly/66eedN |
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