Peen

Pronunciation

• IPA: /piːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology uncertain. Possibly from Old French panne, pene, (whence Modern French panne "peen"); possibly from a Scandinavian source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn "peen" or Danish pind "peg".

Alternative forms

• pane, pean, pein

Full definition of peen

Noun

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

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

From penis by shortening.

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• See also .

Anagrams

• neep