the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
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peen
How to use peen in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for peen.
Editorial note
A crescent wrench or a ball peen hammer?
Examples14
Definitions1
Parts of speech1
Quick take
the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for peen.
noun
the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
Example sentences
A crescent wrench or a ball peen hammer?
I wouldn't set nails with a ball peen hammer either.
You had a great opportunity to use the word "peen" in context and you let it go. Shame.
Even if people can't see each other's e-peen, they will still seek to embiggen their own.
She tried to flex her e-peen to see how much clout she had online and that ended up biting her in the ass.
" for the e-peen value later regretted lugging a 15" screen around.
I think he means the deeper in the comments you go, the closer it becomes an 'e-peen' measuring contest.
Your kind do well in High School marching band, as E- ball-peen hammers in the motor-pool, and as dutiful shrapnel fodder.
"Patio11" doesn't mean anything to people outside HN, and I suspect the people in HN sucking his e-peen don't have the $57,000 available to spend.
I became a member of that site when it started; "e-peen measuring contest" is an accurate way to describe it.
Too often I see vitriol and pedantic disagreement on HN for no reason other than the swinging of the e-peen.
Until less educated consumers value SSDs over an e-peen number like raw hard disk capacity, this is not going to change.
I'm not going to fault them for doing it, but I'm also not going to change my personal opinion that they are at some level just spoiling their own fun just for a few extra millimeters of e-peen.
Don't you think there might be a better way of asking a question about a claim than merely throwing down "citation needed" after a comment, like an e-peen on the dinner table?Now that I have replied with a comment lacking a single claim, preventing another stupid use of "citation needed", do you see how ridiculous and twisted that vapid phrase could make conversation in forums full of silly^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlike this one?
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use peen in a sentence?
A crescent wrench or a ball peen hammer?
What does peen mean?
the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
What part of speech is peen?
peen is commonly used as noun.