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Added 9 October 2026

peen

/piːn/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about peen at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

verb

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

Origin

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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