foreskin
Syllables: fore·skin/ˈfɔːskɪn/US/ˈfɔɹskɪn/
foreskin noun: the nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals. Also the ellipsis of clitoral foreskin.
Noun
foreskin (plural foreskins)
- 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.
- And the vncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskinne is not circumcised, that soule shall be cut off from his people: hee hath broken my couenant.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 17:14
- Synonyms:
- penile foreskin
Verb
foreskin (third-person singular simple present foreskins, present participle foreskinning, simple past and past participle foreskinned)
- To remove the foreskin.
- What she meant, of course, was young initiated men, and any such would be in short supply until after the foreskinning ceremonies at Christmas.1976, Max Brown, The black Eureka, page 52
- I always liked an open fire," an open wound, suppuration of silent words from somewhere, a long line of fathers foreskinning for all they were worth, unknown, unsaid, alone in ice-cold space as we're all alone in the absence of God with only His mother, the mother of God, out there in black face...1981, Exile - Volume 8, page 17
- To sexually stimulate by manipulating the foreskin.
- 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...2008, Vanessa Place, La Medusa, →ISBN, page 356
- S'ter Penny started to go but stopped when she noticed Ivy was still standing with us. "Heh! Ivy Abankwah, jai foreskinning!" She told her to stop doing something -- I wasn't sure what "foreskinning" meant.2010, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Powder Necklace: A Novel, →ISBN, page 65
Also used as
foreskin is also the ellipsis of clitoral foreskin.
foreskin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
foreskin in Hindi
- fold of skin covering the head of the penis
- अग्रच्छद agracchad
foreskin in Tamil
- fold of skin covering the head of the penis
- சூப்பி cūppi
foreskin in Telugu
- fold of skin covering the head of the penis
- ముందోలు mundōlu
foreskin in Sanskrit
- fold of skin covering the head of the penis
- लिङ्गाग्रचर्म liṅgāgracarma
More languagesFewer languages
- foreskin in Tagalog
- bilot, busisi
- foreskin in Arabic
- قَلْفَة qalfa, غُرْلَة ḡurla
- foreskin in Malay
- kulup
- foreskin in Indonesian
- kulup, khatan
- foreskin in Persian
- غلفه ġolfe, پیشپوست piš-pust
- foreskin in Thai
- หนังหุ้มปลาย nǎng-hûm-bplaai
- foreskin in Vietnamese
- bao quy đầu
- Dhivehi
- ފިރިހެން ހަށީގެ ބޯ ނިވައިކޮށްދޭ ހަންކޮޅު firihen̊ haṣīge bō nivaikoṣ̊dē han̊koḷu
Examples of foreskin in a sentence
- In primates, the foreskin is present in the genitalia of both sexes and likely has been present for millions of years of evolution.1990, Robert D. Martin, Primate Origins and Evolution: A Phylogenetic Reconstruction, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
- the foreskin is a primary sensory part of the penis, containing some of the most sensitive areas of the penis2010, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Circumcision of infant males:
- An article in Instauration entitled “Foreskinning” exclaims that “slicing off babies' foreskins cannot be described as anything but forms of mutilation” performed by “savages.”2000, Peter Kivisto, Georganne Rundblad, Multiculturalism in the United States, →ISBN:
- Sucking whiskey from a sagging breast/ Sipping the bitter cigar/ foreskinning up and down...2016, Marc Asanov Archibald, OF DOGS AND MEN - A myth therapy, →ISBN:
Synonyms of foreskin
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Forms of foreskin
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | foreskins |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | foreskins |
| present participle | foreskinning |
| past participle | foreskinned |
| past | foreskinned |
Origin of foreskin
From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535.
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Questions about foreskin
- What does foreskin mean?
- Foreskin means the nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.
- What is foreskin in Hindi?
- Foreskin in Hindi is अग्रच्छद (agracchad). See Foreskin meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use foreskin in a sentence?
- In primates, the foreskin is present in the genitalia of both sexes and likely has been present for millions of years of evolution.
- What part of speech is foreskin?
- Foreskin can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce foreskin?
- Foreskin is pronounced /ˈfɔːskɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of foreskin?
- The plural of foreskin is foreskins.
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