Peter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To diminish slowly and come to an end; dwindle. Often used with out: Their enthusiasm soon petered out.
  • verb-intransitive. To become exhausted. Used with out.
  • n. Vulgar Slang The penis.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The penis.
  • v. To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles
  • verb-intransitive. To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A kind of wine otherwise called peter-sec-me and peter-sameene.
  • n. A kind of cosmetic.
  • n. See blue-peter
  • n. In whist, a conventional signal indicating a call for trumps. See peter, verb
  • n. The common American coot, Fulica americana: so called with reference to its color, with an allusion to blue-peter.
  • In whist, to call for trumps by throwing away a higher card of a suit while holding a smaller.
  • To diminish gradually and then cease; fail; be-come exhausted; in mining, to split up into branches and become lost: said of a vein which runs out or disappears, so that it can no longer be followed by the miner: with out.
  • n. In thieves' cant, a traveling-bag, portmanteau, trunk, or any piece of baggage or a parcel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
  • n. obscene terms for penis
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    petered    petering    peters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    apostle    saint    member    penis    phallus   
    Cross Reference
    peter funk    blue peter    peterman    peter out   
    Form
    petered    petering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fail   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Demeter    beater    cheater    depleter    dieter    eater    heater    kilometre    liter    meter