admin

plural admins

1. informaluncountableAdministration, or administrative work.

   There's a lot of admin involved in the birth of a child.

   Synonyms: red tape

2. countableinformalAn administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government).

   “I had word from The Trump admin that theyre^([sic]) on top of things,” Mr. Tate wrote to someone close to him, in a message reviewed by The New York Times.

   2025 December 10, Megan Twohey, Isabella Kwai, quoting Andrew Tate, “How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) tweeted after the announcement, “I will not stop fighting to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stop the Trump admin’s plan for drilling.”

   2020 August 17, Juliet Eilperin, “Trump finalizes drilling plan for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge”, in The Washington Post

3. informaluncountableThe administrative or managerial body of a company or other organization.

   Barren dirt plots behind knee-high metal fences indicated admin must have cut the flower budget.

   2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck

4. countableinformalAn administrator (one who administers affairs).

   Georgia’s election administrators are fighting bizarre conspiracy theories, ballooning costs and coronavirus-related staffing problems as they prepare for the state’s contentious, nationally watched Senate runoffs next week.

   2020 December 28, Zach Montellaro, “Georgia election admins battle Covid and conspiracies ahead of Senate runoffs”, in Politico

5. countableinformalcomputingA systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).

   Our admin has upgraded the server in our office, so we can exchange files faster.

6. InternetcountableinformalA user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users.

   The admin changed the forum settings to enable the use of emoticons.

present singular third person admins · participle present admining · participle present uncommon adminning · participle past admined · past admined · participle past uncommon adminned · past uncommon adminned

1. informaltransitivecomputingTo serve as an administrator for or of.