teen

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: adolescentstriplingteenagerteenageteenaged

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturitySynonyms: adolescentstriplingteenager

Adjective (1)

  1. being of the age 13 through 19“teenage mothers”“the teen years”Synonyms: adolescentteenageteenaged
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
Teen \Teen\, v. t. [See Tine to shut.] To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Teen \Teen\, n. a teenager. [PJC]
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