teens Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
  2. noun all the numbers that end in -teen
  3. noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
    teen; teenager; adolescent; stripling.

WordNet


Teens noun plural
Etymology
See Ten.
Definitions
  1. The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.

Webster 1913