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Definition peter

Etymology 1

US, 1902, presumably from shared initial pe-. Compare the use of other men’s names as a slang term for the penis, e.g., dick, willy, John Thomas, etc.

Noun

peter (plural peters)

  1. (slang) The penis.
  2. (Britain, slang) A safe.

Etymology 2

1812, US miners’ slang, Unknown. Various speculative etymologies have been suggested. One suggestion is that it comes from peter being an abbreviation of saltpeter, the key ingredient in gunpowder – when a mine was exhausted, it was “petered”. Other derivations are from St. Peter (from sense of “rock”), or French péter (“to fart”).

Verb

peter (third-person singular simple present peters, present participle petering, simple past and past participle petered)

  1. (most often used in the phrase peter out) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

Etymology 3

Verb

peter (third-person singular simple present peters, present participle petering, simple past and past participle petered)

  1. (card games, intransitive) Synonym of blue peter

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