peen

English

Etymology 1

Etymology uncertain. Possibly from Old French panne, pene, (whence Modern French panne "peen"); possibly from a Scandinavian source, compare Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”), dialectal Norwegian penn "peen" or Danish pind "peg".

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Alternative forms

• pane, pean, pein

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Wikipedia Wikipedia

a ball-peen hammer

Noun

peen (plural peens)

1. 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)

1. To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.

Derived terms

• ball-peen
• chisel peen
• cross peen
• peen over
• point peen

See also

• e-peen
• Ball-peen hammer
• Shot peening
• Peening

Etymology 2

From penis by shortening.

Noun

peen (plural peens)

1. (slang) Penis.
   • 2009, Danny Evans, Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it Takes Balls to Go Nuts, New American Library (2009), ISBN 9780451227119, unnumbered page:

     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.

   • 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 (2010), ISBN 9780061938382, page 32:

     Where to touch a man that will drive him wild every time (Hint: It's probably his peen.)

   • 2012, Fanny Merkin & Andrew Shaffer, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody, Da Capo Press (2012), ISBN 9780306821998, page 49:

     It's so quiet you could hear a peen go soft.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:penis.

Anagrams

• neep

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Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

peen f, m (plural penen, diminutive peentje n)

1. carrot (orange root vegetable)

Synonyms

• wortel

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *peeni. Cognate with Finnish pieni.

Adjective

peen (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. fine (of small pieces, small size)
2. fine (of good quality)

Inflection

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Derived terms

• peenendama
• peenestama
• peenike
• peenus

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Finnish

Noun

peen

1. Genitive singular form of pee.

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Spanish

Verb

peen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of peer.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of peer.