foreskin
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foreskin
- /ˈfɔːskɪn/ UK
- /ˈfɔɹskɪn/ US
- /ˈfo(ː)ɹskɪn/
- /ˈfoəskɪn/
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From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535.
noun foreskins
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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.
Similar: penile foreskin
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Ellipsis of clitoral foreskin
Similar: clitoral hood
Similar: prepuce, foreskin, blinds, burrito, cap, curtains, drapes, goatskin, gobbler, gooch, hood, lace curtains, penile sheath, penis sheath, schmuck, sheath, snapper, toque
verb foreskins · foreskinning · 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.
- 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, ve
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noun fold of skin covering the head of the penis
| Español | prepucio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 포피 popi |
| 日本語 | 包皮 hōhi |
| 中文 | 包皮 bāopí |
| हिन्दी | अग्रच्छद agracchad |
| Kiswahili | govi |
| Português | prepúcio |
| Français | prépuce |
| Deutsch | Vorhaut, Präputium |
| Italiano | prepuzio |
| Ελληνικά | ακροβυστία akrovystía |
| Română | prepuț |
| Русский | кра́йняя плоть krájnjaja plotʹ, препу́ций prepúcij |
| Tiếng Việt | bao quy đầu |
| العربية | قَلْفَة qalfa, غُرْلَة ḡurla |
| עברית | עורלה, עָרְלָה orlá |
Talk about this word "foreskin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foreskin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. foreskin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/foreskin "foreskin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/foreskin.Cite this
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title = {foreskin},
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