peter
Plural: peters
Noun
- disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
- obscene terms for penis
- The penis.
- A safe.
- A prison cell.
Verb
Verb Forms: petered, petering, peters
- To diminish or dwindle gradually, often to nothing.
- Chiefly followed by out: originally (mining), of a vein of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (generally), to diminish to nothing; to dwindle, to trail off.
- Synonym of blue peter; to call for trump by throwing away a high card while holding a lower one.
Examples
- His lead began to PETER out after I played two bingos in a row.
Origin / Etymology
US, 1902, presumably from shared initial pe-. Compare the use of other men’s names as slang terms for the penis, e.g., dick, willy, johnson, John Thomas, etc.
Synonyms
cock, dick, pecker, prick, putz, Saint Peter, Saint Peter the Apostle, shaft, Simon Peter, St. Peter, St. Peter the Apostle, tool, blue peter, pete
Scrabble Score: 7
peter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpeter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
peter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary