stan
verb/stæn/
/stæn/
[transitive, intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they stan | /stæn/ /stæn/ |
| he / she / it stans | /stænz/ /stænz/ |
| past simple stanned | /stænd/ /stænd/ |
| past participle stanned | /stænd/ /stænd/ |
| -ing form stanning | /ˈstænɪŋ/ /ˈstænɪŋ/ |
- to be a very enthusiastic fan of somebody/something
- stan somebody/something She's a total legend and she keeps on giving us more reasons to stan her forever.
- stan (for somebody/something) How many people can say they stan for an inventor?
- I thought I couldn't stan harder, but then he came up with that brilliant put-down.
Word OriginEarly 21st century: with allusion to the 2000 song ‘Stan’ by the American rapper Eminem, about an obsessed fan.Want to learn more?
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