sieve
n. C2 Proficiency US //ˈsɪv// UK //sˈɪv// sieve
n. a slang word for a penis. It is a very informal and rude way to talk about this body part.
n. a vulgar slang term for the penis. Used primarily in informal or crude contexts.
He joked about his sieve being too small for the task.
The comedian made a crude joke about his sieve during the stand-up set, which some audience members found offensive.
From Middle English sive, syfe, from Old English sife, from Proto-West Germanic sibi (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European seyp-, seyb- (“to pour, sieve, strain, run, drip”). Akin to German Sieb, Dutch zeef, Proto-Slavic sito (Russian си́то (síto), сев (sev), се́ять (séjatʹ)).