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peen
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7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. peen
  2. pean
  3. peen-to
  4. ball peen
  5. ball-peen hammer
  6. cross peen
  7. straight peen

1peen

transitive verb \ˈpēn\

Definition of PEEN

: to draw, bend, or flatten by or as if by hammering with a peen

First Known Use of PEEN

1513

Rhymes with PEEN

bean, clean, dean, Dean, Deane, dene, e'en, gene, glean, green, jean, keen, lean, lien, mean, mesne, mien, preen, quean, queen, scene, screen, sheen, shin, sin, spean, spleen, teen, tween, wean, ween, wheen, yean

2peen

noun

Definition of PEEN

: a usually hemispherical or wedge-shaped end of the head of a hammer that is opposite the face and is used especially for bending, shaping, or cutting the material struck

Origin of PEEN

probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian penn peen
First Known Use: 1683

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