Meanings
peen1
plural peens · alternative pane · alternative pean · alternative pein · alternative piend
- The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
present singular third person peens · participle present peening · participle past peened · past peened · alternative pane · alternative pean · alternative pein · alternative piend
peen2
plural peens
- slangPenis.
It's so quiet you could hear a peen go soft.
2012, Fanny Merkin, Andrew Shaffer, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody, Da Capo Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 493 more examples
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.
2009, Danny Evans, Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it Takes Balls to Go Nuts, New American Library, published 2009, →ISBNWhere to touch a man that will drive him wild every time (Hint: It's probably his peen.)
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, published 2010, →ISBN, page 32“Guillermo, you will now take Colin Robinson's peen and scrotum and crush it in your hand.” “What?” “Good idea.” “No.” “Yeah.” “He's gonna do it.” “I'm afraid I can't, Master. As much as I would love to, something compels me not to.”
2021 September 2, Paul Simms, “The Prisoner” (2058: from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 1, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou)
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
peen · noun, verb
- North Germanic
- Englishpeen
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”).
More words from North Germanic
Full word history & related roots →peen · noun
Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian острата част на чук
- острата част на чук (ostrata čast na čuk)end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
Catalan pena
- penaend of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
Finnish haarapää, pallopää
- haarapääend of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
- pallopääend of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
- kuulapääend of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
French panne
- panneend of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
German Finne, Kugel
- Finneend of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
- Kugelend of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
Norwegian Bokmål penn
- pennend of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
Polish rąb
- rąbend of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with peen
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Cite this entry
peen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peen
“peen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peen.
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