teens
/tiːnz
/plural noun
The years of a person’s age from 13 to 19: they were both in their late teens...
- A female passenger in the car, also thought to be aged in her late teens, was thrown from the vehicle by the impact.
- In my teens I grew adept at the tricky art of getting into mischief without getting into trouble.
- All the suspects are aged in their late teens and early twenties, and live in the borough.
Origin
Late 17th century: plural of teen, independent usage of -teen.