peen

English

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”).

Alternative forms

• pane, pean, pein, piend

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːn

a ball-peen hammer

Noun

peen (plural peens)

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

Translations

end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end

• German: Finne (de) f (wedge-shaped), Kugel (de) f (spherical)

• Polish: rąb m

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

• chisel peen
• cross peen
• peen over
• point peen

 

See also

• epeen
• 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, 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, 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, page 49:

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

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:peen.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:penis.

Anagrams

• neep, pene, pene-

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• pee

Etymology

Originally the plural of Dutch pee, perhaps from Middle Dutch *pede, with plural peden (with a single attestation), of uncertain origin. Compare schoen and teen, also originally plurals but later singulars. Proposed cognates include English pith and French pied.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːn/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: peen
• Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

peen f (plural penen, diminutive peentje n)

1. carrot (orange root vegetable)

   Synonym: wortel

Derived terms

• bospeen
• waspeen
• winterpeen

 

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Estonian

Etymology

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

Adjective

peen (genitive peene, partitive peent)

1. fine (of small pieces, small size)
2. thin
3. fine (of good quality)
4. fancy

Inflection

Inflection of peen (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	peen	peened
accusative	peene	peened
genitive	peene	peente
partitive	peent	peeni
illative	peende peenesse	peentesse peenisse
inessive	peenes	peentes peenis
elative	peenest	peentest peenist
allative	peenele	peentele peenile
adessive	peenel	peentel peenil
ablative	peenelt	peentelt peenilt
translative	peeneks	peenteks peeniks
terminative	peeneni	peenteni
essive	peenena	peentena
abessive	peeneta	peenteta
comitative	peenega	peentega

Derived terms

• peenendama
• peenestama
• peenike
• peenus

 

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Finnish

Noun

peen

1. genitive singular of pee

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Ingrian

Adjective

peen

1. tiny
2. small

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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.