feen
verb, noun
feen is a verb meaning “To want something obsessively; to have a strong desire (for)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-E-N, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does feen mean?
verb
- 1
slangTo want something obsessively; to have a strong desire (for).
noun
- 1
Irelandslang(young) man, guy, bloke
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce feen?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-feen.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of feen
- feens present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- feening participle, present
- feened participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is feen?
Feen appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does feen come from?
From fiend, as a reference to drug fiend or dope fiend.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).