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Peen

//piːn// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
  2. 2
    Penis. slang

    "With all due respect (and that may be very little), the real truth is that being a dad is sometimes an imposition of pain far worse than any up-the-peen catheter could ever deliver."

  3. 3
    the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”).

Etymology 2

Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”).

Etymology 3

Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.

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