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noun

• a five dollar bill. From Yiddish "finf" meaning five; Old High German "funf" meaning five.

  Can you lend me a fin until tomorrow?

                                                                                       
  
                                                                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Acid Queen", Reaper (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2008) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: money.

  Last edited on Dec 30 2010. Submitted by Jeff P. from Brockton, MA, USA on Jun 21 1998.

• a one hundred dollar bill.

  I got a fin to spend.

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  Last edited on Feb 19 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 15 2018.

verb - intransitive

• about to. Possibly from "fix to".

  I'm fin to go to the mall tomorrow.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to start, prepare to, be about to.

  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Aliyah Y. on Sep 05 2006.

adjective

• showing too much happiness.

  She was gassed when they gave her a standing ovation.

  Last edited on Jun 09 2014. Submitted by Erick A. from Bronx, NY, USA on Jun 21 1998.

• drunk, intoxicated, wasted

  Man I was gassed last night at the bar!

  • See more words with the same meaning: under the influence of alcohol, drunk.

  Last edited on Dec 27 2010. Submitted by Mike O. from Binghamton, NY, USA on Feb 13 2002.