Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: feen
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire (for).

Slang; Transitive verb

noun

(young) man, guy, bloke

Slang

Example Sentences

"I can't leave you alone, You got me feenin, feenin', you got me feenin', feenin' (Got me going crazy)."
"And I feened for him like a crackhead needing a hit."
"She feened for both cocaine and heroin too, and she'd almost died when a dealer beat her down for getting tight with his supplier and trying to dip on his product."
"Can't crack the habit. You see, I'm feening, I'm needing some more and you got me grinning like it's money that I'm winning."
"Oh yeah. They're feening. They're feening, is what we called it. They're feening for that drug and they're feening for someone to offer it to them."
"“Yeah, I'm feening for some fresh air,” Finn said, using his crutches to get to his feet."

Etymology

From fiend, as a reference to drug fiend or dope fiend.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: fīn, fiann

Usage

Inflected Forms

feens (present, singular) feening (participle, present) feened (participle, past) feened (past) feens (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

beour

Synonyms

fiend jones

Questions

What does feen mean?: To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire (for).
Where does feen come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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