What does "foreskin" mean?

The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.

What is a synonym for "foreskin"?

Common synonyms include: prepuce, prepuce, blinds, burrito, cap, clitoral hood.

//ˈfɔːskɪn// noun, verb

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Noun

1
The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.
"In the female genitalia, the clitoral hood is homologous to the foreskin."
2
a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis wordnet
3
Ellipsis of clitoral foreskin. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
4
a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris wordnet

Verb

1
To remove the foreskin. intransitive, transitive
"What she meant, of course, was young initiated men, and any such would be in short supply until after the foreskinning ceremonies at Christmas."
2
To sexually stimulate by manipulating the foreskin. intransitive, transitive
"According to Scotty, who should have played the accordion, and did he, Dr. Bowles now wonders, grow up to be Scotty Boy Potty and was all this merely a terribly tropish bit of biz foreskinning the man he would becum, nuntheless, according to Scott, if one waved bye-bye up and down, i.e. flapping, versus side to side, i.e. wiping, one was a fag."

"Pull the foreskin back before putting on the condom."

From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535.

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