peen

P3E1E1N1
/piːn/

noun

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

UncommonScrabble 6

Meanings

peen1

nounpeen (plural peens)

plural peens · alternative pane · alternative pean · alternative pein · alternative piend

  1. The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
verbpeen (third-person singular simple present peens, present participle peening, simple past and past participle peened)

present singular third person peens · participle present peening · participle past peened · past peened · alternative pane · alternative pean · alternative pein · alternative piend

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

peen2

nounpeen (plural peens)

plural peens

  1. 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 49
    3 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, →ISBN

    Where 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

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Origin

peen · noun, verb

  1. North Germanic
  2. 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”).

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peen · noun

Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.

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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

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APA

peen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peen

MLA

“peen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peen.

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