Meaning

4 senses

  1. (derogatory, slang)A federal government officer or official.

    That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!

    any federal law-enforcement officer

  2. (Multicultural London English, slang)A police officer.

  3. (in the plural)The federal government of the nation one resides in.

    Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.

  4. (slang)A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.

Origin

Clipping of federal. From federation.

Clipping of federal.

From federation.

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Forms

plural: feds
Singularfed
Pluralfeds

regular

Synonyms

72 synonyms
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Close in meaning
  • any federal law-enforcement officer:Federalfederal official
  • the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies:Federal Reserve SystemFederal ReserveFRS

Word family

3 related words
Derivedfedslopfedposte-fed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
featureA2fecalfecesfecklessfederalB2federation

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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