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Pee vs Peen - What's the difference?

pee | peen |

As nouns the difference between pee and peen

is that pee is urine while peen is the (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.

As verbs the difference between pee and peen

is that pee is to urinate while peen is to shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.

pee

English

Etymology 1

Spelling of the initial letter of (piss). Compare (eff).

Noun

(-)
  • (euphemistic, often, childish) urine
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Coordinate terms
    * poo

    Verb

  • (intransitive, colloquial, often, childish) To urinate.
  • (colloquial) To drizzle.
    • It's peeing with rain.
    Synonyms
    * (standard terms) make water, pass water, urinate, micturate * (euphemistic terms) wee, wee-wee * (vulgar slang terms) piss * See also
    Coordinate terms
    * poo
    Related terms
    * pee off

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • Mind your pees and cues.
    See also
    *
    Derived terms
    * peejays

    Etymology 3

    Spelling of the initial letter of (pence).

    Noun

    (pee)
  • (British, colloquial) Pence; penny (a quantity of money)
    • I bought these carrots for fifty pee .
    I can't afford that — I'm one pee short.
    Synonyms
    * (plural) p, pence * (singular) p, penny

    Etymology 4

    See peak.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) The bill of an anchor.

    • Etymology 5

    Alternative forms

    * pea

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sliding weight on a steelyard.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    peen

    English

    Etymology 1

    Etymology uncertain. Possibly from (etyl) panne, pene, (whence Modern French panne "peen"); possibly from a Scandinavian source, compare Old Swedish , dialectal Norwegian penn "peen" or Danish pind "peg". (en)

    Alternative forms

    * pane, pean, pein

    Noun

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

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
    • Derived terms
    * ball-peen * chisel peen * cross peen * peen over * point peen

    See also

    * e-peen * * *

    Etymology 2

    From (m) by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) Penis.
  • * 2009 , Danny Evans, Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it Takes Balls to Go Nuts , New American Library (2009), ISBN 9780451227119, unnumbered page:
    • 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 (2010), ISBN 9780061938382, page 32:
    • Where to touch a man that will drive him wild every time (Hint: It's probably his peen .)
  • * 2012 , Fanny Merkin & Andrew Shaffer, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody , Da Capo Press (2012), ISBN 9780306821998, page 49:
    • It's so quiet you could hear a peen go soft.
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    • Synonyms
    *See also . English clippings

    Anagrams

    * ----