teens

noun

Etymology: The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen.

1. The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).

   “The number of people at the meeting was in the teens.”

2. The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years.

   “She is in her teens.”

   “a youngster just out of his teens”

3. The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens.

   “I was so excited for the teens to be over but then we get to the twenties and suddenly it's a pandemic!”

4. The range between 10 and 19.

   “Although it was a scorching desert by day, temperatures could drop as low as the teens at night.”