Associations to the word «Teen»

Wiktionary

TEEN, noun. A teenager, a person between 13 and 19 years old.
TEEN, noun. (archaic) Grief, sorrow; suffering.
TEEN, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
TEEN, verb. (reflexive) (obsolete) To become angry or distressed.
TEEN, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

Dictionary definition

TEEN, noun. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
TEEN, adjective. Being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats