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peen

Pronunciation: /piːn/

The English word “peen” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

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

Etymology

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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