Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of wine otherwise called
peter-sec-me and peter-sameene. - noun A kind of cosmetic.
- noun See
blue-peter - noun In whist, a conventional signal indicating a call for trumps. See
peter , verb - noun 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.
- noun In thieves' cant, a traveling-bag, portmanteau, trunk, or any piece of baggage or a parcel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Slang, U.S. To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with
out . - noun A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles
- noun a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers.
- noun [Cant, U.S.] the auctioneer in a mock auction.
- noun In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope.
- noun (Zoöl.) a haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar spots.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
penis . - verb To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
- noun obscene terms for penis
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yes | No | Report from whitetail1 wrote 1 year 2 weeks ago peter is right. they do work because if a doe hasn't been serviced she will come back in around 30 days later, then a third time if needed.
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Yes | No | Report from whitetail1 wrote 1 year 2 weeks ago peter is right. they do work because if a doe hasn't been serviced she will come back in around 30 days later, then a third time if needed.
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Anthony sean coates first off iam pretty sure peter is over thinking this movie like always.
Rumor: Paul Andrew Williams to Direct 28 Months Later? | /Film 2008
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In the begining of the series Hiro finds peter on the subway and he says "you look diffrent without the scar" so I don't think that peter is going to regenerate. no doubt he is going to get away from Sylar, but he's not going to regenerate thus Peter getting the scar.
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UNIDNETIFIED FEMALE: In today's day and age, the word peter means a sexual part of the body.
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Before anyone calls peter comment #10 an anti-semite, you should read the Mearsheimer Walt white paper on the Israel Lobby.
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Why would they even think of using a 45 year old? in the BD when bella says that carlisle would be a grandfather she says that he looks like zeus’s younger, better looking brother. anyways peter is soo hot for a dad of three. he looks good with jenny garth.
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I don't like the idea of peter as a ghost at all wasn't it bad enough *spoiler*
Sigourney Weaver Clears Up Bill-Murray-As-Ghost Rumors, Hints at Ghostbusters 3 Storyline | /Film 2009
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I have seen it twice, and it did get better n a second viewing. lorettajohnson hey peter, that is very interesting. there is a fanboy in my accounting dept that saw it over the weekend and he said it was very "pedestrian"
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Yeah, because Kick Ass will be an Oscar-worthy picture. clever name peter is allowed one mistake here and there. give em a break.
Exclusive: Kick-Ass Footage To Premiere at Comic-Con; New Photo Revealed | /Film 2009
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