"feen" meaning in English

See feen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-feen.ogg Forms: feens [present, singular, third-person], feening [participle, present], feened [participle, past], feened [past]
Etymology: From fiend, as a reference to drug fiend or dope fiend. Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: fiend [verb], jones [verb]
    Sense id: en-feen-en-verb-ts8w2F4Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From fiend, as a reference to drug fiend or dope fiend.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "feens",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "feening",
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    {
      "form": "feened",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Tia L. Lincoln, Child of Baltimore, →ISBN, page 103:",
          "text": "And I feened for him like a crackhead needing a hit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 44:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, N.M. Shabazz, HalfBreed, →ISBN, page 157:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Rashi K. Shukla, Methamphetamine: A Love Story, page 117:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Sam Kevin Daniel, Crossfire, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "text": "“Yeah, I'm feening for some fresh air,” Finn said, using his crutches to get to his feet.",
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        }
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        "To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire (for)."
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        "(transitive, slang) To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire (for)."
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            "verb"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 44:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, N.M. Shabazz, HalfBreed, →ISBN, page 157:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Rashi K. Shukla, Methamphetamine: A Love Story, page 117:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Sam Kevin Daniel, Crossfire, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "text": "“Yeah, I'm feening for some fresh air,” Finn said, using his crutches to get to his feet.",
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        }
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        "(transitive, slang) To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire (for)."
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      "word": "jones"
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