What is the meaning of KEEN. Phrases containing KEEN
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Keeno is British slang for an enthusiast.
Aces, snazzy, hot, nobby, smooth, sweet, swell, keen, cool
Very good
[from laying (on) the hip, to smoke opium—the addict lay on his side on a pad in an opium den —hence an opium user and then extended to illicit drug users. In the alienated subculture of the jazz scene of the 1930s and 1940s, using drugs was expected and made one keenly informed or hip —originally hep —until "squares" adopted the word] sophisticated, knowing, "in"; possessing taste, knowledge, awareness of the newest, and a lifestyle superior to that of conventional people
adj in complete disarray, unorganised; in shambles. You might use it to refer to your aunt GertrudeÂ’s octogenarian hairdo or the Russian armyÂ’s method of ending hostage situations. If I was ever to give one piece of advice to someone wanting independence for their part of the U.S.S.R. or keen to highlight a particular cause to the Russian government, IÂ’d suggest not taking hostages. If you do so, the Russians give you a couple of days of negotiations, throw in a bit of food so you feel youÂ’ve got your moneyÂ’s worth and then on about day three they massacre you and all of your hostages using some devastating new method theyÂ’re trying for the first time.
Very Good
eager to begin (“with a keen appetiteâ€)
adj Great; splendid; fine: What a keen day!
unusually good or fine (courtesy of Kaitlynn Leary)
Keen as mustard is British slang for enthusiastic.
keen; sharp. “A cute man.â€
Keen is American and Canadian slang for very good.
Boot-licker, brown-noser, suck-up, or sycophant
Good, cool, great
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v. i.
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
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The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
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Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
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Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark.
v. t.
To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
superl.
Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
superl.
Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
adv.
In a keen manner.
n.
The quality or state of being keen.
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Of quick or keen smell.
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Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
v. i.
To wail as a keener does.
superl.
Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
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A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
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Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
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A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
superl.
Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
v. t.
Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
n.
A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
superl.
Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
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