peen
/piːn/
peen noun: the (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
Noun (1)
peen (plural peens)
- The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
Verb
peen (third-person singular simple present peens, present participle peening, simple past and past participle peened)
Noun (2)
peen (plural peens)
- Penis.
- 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.2009, Danny Evans, Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it Takes Balls to Go Nuts, New American Library, published 2009, →ISBN
- Where to touch a man that will drive him wild every time (Hint: It's probably his peen.)2010, Andrea Lavinthal, Jessica Rozler, Your So-Called Life: A Guide to Boys, Body Issues, and Other Big-Girl Drama You Thought You Would Have Figured Out By Now, Harper, published 2010, →ISBN, page...
Examples of peen in a sentence
- It's so quiet you could hear a peen go soft.2012, Fanny Merkin, Andrew Shaffer, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody, Da Capo Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 49:
- “Guillermo, you will now take Colin Robinson's peen and scrotum and crush it in your hand.” “What?” “Good idea.” “No.” “Yeah.” “He's gonna do it.” “I'm afraid I can't, Master.2021 September 2, Paul Simms, “The Prisoner” (2058: from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 1, spoken by Nadja of...
Forms of peen
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | peens |
| alternative form | pane |
| alternative form | pean |
| alternative form | pein |
| alternative form | piend |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | peens |
| present participle | peening |
| past participle | peened |
| past | peened |
Origin of peen
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”).
Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.
Words formed from peen
- ball-peen hammer
- cross peen hammer
- straight peen hammer
- chisel peen
- cross peen
- peen over
- point peen
- epeen
- hemipeen
Phrases with peen
Words that rhyme with peen
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about peen
- What does peen mean?
- Peen means the (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
- How do you use peen in a sentence?
- It's so quiet you could hear a peen go soft.
- What part of speech is peen?
- Peen can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce peen?
- Peen is pronounced /piːn/.
- What is the plural of peen?
- The plural of peen is peens.
Words near peen in the dictionary
Source and license
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