peen

Opposite the claw

The peen is the head of a hammer opposite the flat striking face—often wedge-shaped or rounded.

A ball-peen hammer has a hemispherical peen used for shaping metal.

As a verb, to peen is to shape or flatten metal by striking it: He peened the rivet heads smooth.

forging

anvil

Metal-shaping block

  • hammerTool for striking nails
  • tongsHinged grasping utensil
  • bellowsHandheld device forcing air

furnace · quenching · tempering · hardening · striking · spreading · riveting · shaping · metalwork · blacksmithing

hammerhead

chipping

Breaking into fragments

dressing · engineer's · machinist's · jeweler's · blacksmith's · silversmith's · watchmaker's · locksmith's · setting · rounding

technique

striking

Noticeably impressive

shaping · texturing · mushrooming · setting · deforming · stress-relief

slang

dick

Vulgar anatomical slang

member · shaft · johnson · wang · wiener · willy · weenie · pecker · schlong · phallus

Categories
Opposites
hammer head anatomy

peenface

Head's anterior surface

poll · flat · head

Phrases
Family

peening, peens, peened

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated PG