feen

See also: Feen

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

feen (third-person singular simple present feens, present participle feening, simple past and past participle feened)

1. (transitive, slang) To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire (for).
   • 2003, Tia L. Lincoln, Child of Baltimore, →ISBN, page 103:

     And I feened for him like a crackhead needing a hit.

   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 44:

     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.

   • 2014, N.M. Shabazz, HalfBreed, →ISBN, page 157:

     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.

   • 2016, Rashi K. Shukla, Methamphetamine: A Love Story, page 117:

     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.

   • 2019, Sam Kevin Daniel, Crossfire, →ISBN, page 55:

     “Yeah, I'm feening for some fresh air,” Finn said, using his crutches to get to his feet.

Synonyms

• fiend (verb), jones (verb)

Anagrams

• eefn'

Danish

Noun

feen c

1. definite singular of fe

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feen m

1. definite singular of fe

Tetum

Etymology

From *bini, akin to Malay bini.

Noun

feen

1. wife