fed
nounEtymology From federation.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Weightlifting Slang A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
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Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of federation.
- Derived terms
- e-fed
fed
nounUK /ˈfɛd/ · UK, US /ˈfɛd/
Etymology Clipping of federal.
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Derogatory, Slang A federal government officer or official.
- That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!
- A person is saying that the protester shot in the head by the feds with non lethals is in the hospital, doctors saying they don’t think they will make it. Holy fuck, I’m speechless.2020 July 12, PNW Youth Liberation Front, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2020:
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- Hi. I should have made this clearer earlier. I will now. I have worked with feds. I have worked with foreign special forces who may well have been trained by the guys shooting at you from the courthouse. These are not cops. They are not even similar.2020 July 12, Robert Evans, Twitter, archived from the original on 16 May 2023:
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Multicultural London English, Slang A police officer.
- Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.2022 March 15, “Kill the Bill protester who led ‘f*** the feds’ chant jailed over police car torching”, in Metro:
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In plural The federal government of the nation one resides in.
- Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.