feen

See also: Feen

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

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).
   • 1993, “Feenin'”, in Diary of a Mad Band, performed by Jodeci:

     I can't leave you alone, You got me feenin, feenin', you got me feenin', feenin' (Got me going crazy).

   • 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)

Etymology 2

From Shelta fīn, feen (“man”), itself from Irish fiann.

Noun

feen (plural feens)

1. (Ireland, slang, especially Munster) (young) man, guy, bloke

   Coordinate term: beour

Anagrams

• eefn'

Danish

Noun

feen c

1. definite singular of fe

Ludian

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian фен (fen), German Föhn.

Noun

feen

1. fan, hairdryer

Declension

Declension of feen (type 1a/tila, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	feen	feenad
genitive	feenan	feenoiden
partitive	feenad	feenoid
essive	feenan	feenoin
instructive	—	feenoin
inessive	feenas	feenoiš
elative	feenaspiä	feenoišpiä
illative	feenah	feenoihe
adessive	feenal	feenoil
ablative	feenalpiä	feenoilpiä
allative	feenale	feenoile
abessive	feenata	feenoita
prolative	feenači	feenoiči
translative	feenaks	feenoikš
additive	feenahpiä	feenoihepiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References

• M. Pahomov (2022), “feen”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[1], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 39

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feen m

1. definite singular of fe

Tetum

Etymology

From *bini, akin to Malay bini.

Noun

feen

1. wife