peen
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peen¹
- /piːn/
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
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”).
noun peens · pane · pean · pein · piend
- The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
verb peens · peening · peened · pane · pean
- To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
peen²
- /piːn/
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.
noun 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.
