noun
foreskin
FAWS-kihn
noun
1
The fold of skin covering the tip of the penis.
"Circumcision involves surgically removing the foreskin."
How to Use Foreskin
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe retractable skin at the end of the penis.
Word Forms
foreskinned past tense, foreskins singular
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Etymology
From fore- + skin, formed to translate the Latin term praeputium; first recorded around 1535.