• IPA^(key):/piːn/

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• Rhymes:-iːn

Probably from aNorth Germanic source, compare dialectalNorwegianpenn(“peen”),Danishpind(“peg”),GermanPinne(“the peen of a hammer”),Old Swedishpæna(“to pound iron with a hammer”).

• pane,pean,pein,piend

peen (pluralpeens)

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

peen (third-person singular simple presentpeens,present participlepeening,simple past and past participlepeened)

1. Toshapemetal bystriking it, especially with a peen.

• Ball-peen hammer
• Shot peening
• Peening

Clipping ofpenis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.

peen (pluralpeens)

1. (slang)Penis.
   • 2009, Danny Evans,Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it Takes Balls to Go Nuts‎^[1], New American Library, published2009,→ISBN:

     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, published2010,→ISBN,page32:

     Where to touch a man that will drive him wild every time (Hint: It's probably hispeen.)

   • 2012, Fanny Merkin, Andrew Shaffer,Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody, Da Capo Press, published2012,→ISBN,page49:

     It's so quiet you could hear apeen go soft.

   • 2021 September 2,Paul Simms, “The Prisoner” (2058: from the start), inWhat We Do in the Shadows‎^[2], season 3, episode 1, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):

     “Guillermo, you will now take Colin Robinson'speen 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.”

   • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:peen.

• See alsoThesaurus:penis.

• neep,pene,pene-

peen

1. genitiveplural ofpe

• pee

Originally the plural ofpee, perhaps fromMiddle Dutch*pede, with pluralpeden (with a single attestation), of uncertain origin. Compareschoen andteen, also originally plurals but later singulars. Proposed cognates includeEnglishpith andFrenchpied.

• IPA^(key):/peːn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:peen
• Rhymes:-eːn

peen f (pluralpenen,diminutivepeentje n)

1. (botany)carrot (Daucus carota)^[1]

   Synonym:wortel

FromProto-Finnic*peeni. Cognate withFinnishpieni.

peen (genitivepeene,partitivepeent,comparativepeenem,superlativekõige peenem)

1. fine(of small pieces, small size)
2. thin
3. fine(of good quality)
4. fancy

peen

1. genitivesingular ofpee

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key):/ˈpeːn/,[ˈpeːn]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key):/ˈpeːn/,[ˈpe̝ːn]
• Rhymes:-eːn
• Hyphenation:peen
• Homophone:peena

peen (comparativepeenemp)

1. Alternative form ofpeeni
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus,Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page40:

     Peen tulo saatii siint pellost.

     Asmall income was received from this field.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov,Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page12:

     A et oopeen?

     And aren't you [too]young [for that]?

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page404
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014)Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3],→ISBN, page74

peen

1. third-personpluralpresentindicative ofpeer