fed

A federal government officer or official.

Noun derogatory, slang

  1. 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...
    • 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...
  2. 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...

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  3. The federal government of the nation one resides in.
    • Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.

Origin

Clipping of federal.

Forms

feds

Derived

fedpost fedslop

Noun hobbies, lifestyle

  1. A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
  2. Clipping of federation.

Origin

From federation.

Forms

feds

Derived

e-fed

Verb abbreviation, alt of

  1. Clipping of federate.

Forms

feds fedding fedded

Related

defed

Verb form of, participle

  1. simple past and past participle of feed

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Derived

belt-fed bloodfed cornfed fedpost fed up fullfed handfed malfed milkfed nonfed rainfed sheetfed snow-fed underfed unfed