Peen vs Peel - What's the difference?

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As a noun peen

is the (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end or peen can be (slang) penis.

As a verb peen

is to shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.

As a proper noun peel is

a town on the isle of man.

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

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.

Synonyms

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Anagrams

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peel

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To remove the skin or outer covering of.

I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.

* Shakespeare

The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.

To remove from the outer or top layer of.

I peeled (the skin from) an orange and ate it hungrily.

We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.

To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel .

To remove one's clothing.

The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.

To move, separate (off or away)

The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.

Synonyms

* (remove outer covering) skin, strip * (remove clothing) disrobe, strip

Derived terms

* peel off * peel out * keep one's eyes peeled (i.e. with eyelids open) * peeler

Noun

The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.

The action of peeling away from a formation.

(label) cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.

Synonyms

* (skin of a fruit) rind, zest

Derived terms

* orange peel * peel strength

Etymology 2

(etyl) and (etyl) pel (compare modern French pieu), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A stake.

(obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.

(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

Derived terms

* peel-house, peelhouse * peel-tower

Etymology 3

From (etyl) pele (compare modern (pelle)), from (etyl) pala, from the base of .

Noun

(en noun)

A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.

(archaic, US) The blade of an oar.

Etymology 4

Origin unknown.

Noun

(en noun)

(Scotland, and, curling) An equal or match; a draw.

(curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.

Etymology 5

Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.

Verb

(en verb)

(croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).

Etymology 6

Misspelling of peal.

Verb

(en verb)

: to sound loudly.

* 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information'' number XXVI, available in, 1825, ''The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information , page 401,

Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;

* 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", , page 1,

The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled , bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.

* 2006 , Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place , , ISBN 0807132047, pages 230–231,

As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .

Etymology 7

(etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

(archaic) To plunder; to pillage, rob.

* Milton

But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces.