teen
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- 1A young person between 13 and 19 years old.
My cousin is a teen who loves video games.
The movie is popular with teens across the country.
Similarteenager
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- 2Made for teenagers or connected with their lives.
She reads a lot of teen books from the library.
The mall just opened a store that sells teen clothes.
Similarteenage, adolescent
Oppositeadult
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- 4Strong anger or hate that a person feels toward someone.
He felt great teen toward the man who had cheated him.
Her teen against her rival grew stronger with each passing day.
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- 5To make someone angry or upset, or to hurt them.
Do not teen your sister with such cruel jokes.
The boys teened the old man until he chased them from the yard.
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- 6To become angry or very upset about something.
Þenne tened hym theologye · whan he þis tale herde
c. 1385, William Langland, Piers PlowmanHere, tened means became angry or upset.Note
- 7To close or shut something, or to put a fence around it.
Teen the gate so the sheep stay in the field.
The farmer teened his garden with a low fence.
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Origins
A short form of the word "teenager."
It comes from Old English tēona, through Middle English tene.
It comes from an Old English word tēonian, meaning to vex or annoy, through Middle English tenen.
It comes from an Old English word tȳnan, meaning to fence or shut in, through Middle English tenen. It is related to "town."