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”).
Meanings
The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
de Finne (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) · fi pallopää (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) · fi kuulapää (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) · de Kugel (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) · pl rąb (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) · fr panne (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) · fi haarapää (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) · bg острата част на чук (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) · ca pena (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) · nb penn (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end)
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”).
Meanings
(transitive) To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.
Meanings
(slang) Penis.
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:
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:
“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):
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: