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TEENAGER
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Irregular inflected form: teenager
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Synonyms:
adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("teenager" is a kind of...):
juvenile; juvenile person (a young person, not fully developed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teenager"):
chebab (a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis)
mod (a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers)
pachuco (a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes)
punk; punk rocker (a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture)
rocker (a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles)
young buck; young man (a teenager or a young adult male)
Context examples:
Until the 1980s, most deaths from CF occurred in children and teenagers.
(Cystic Fibrosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
The results cannot be generalized to soccer players who are teenagers, children or professional players.
(Soccer Players: More Headers, More Concussions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A minimally invasive treatment for migraine headaches used for adults is also proving to be a safe and effective treatment for children and teenagers, and only takes minutes for a child to feel relief.
(Innovative Treatment Offers Relief to Children with Frequent Migraine Headaches, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
