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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pe•ter1 /ˈpitɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object] Usually, peter out.- to tire;
become exhausted:In the last lap of the race she just petered out. - to grow less or diminish gradually and stop:The hot water petered out.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pe•ter1 (pē′tər),USA pronunciation v.i. peter out, - to diminish gradually and stop;
dwindle to nothing:The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower. - to tire;
exhaust (usually used as a past participle):I'm petered out after that walk.
- 1805–15, in sense "put an end to''; 1860–65 for def. 1; origin, originally uncertain
pe•ter2 (pē′tər),USA pronunciation n. Slang (vulgar).- Slang Termspenis.
- generic use of the proper name 1900–05
pe•ter3 (pē′tər),USA pronunciation n. [Whist.]- Gamesa signal for an echo.
Pe•ter (pē′tər),USA pronunciation n. - Bible, BiographicalAlso called Simon Peter. died a.d.67?, one of the 12 apostles and the reputed author of two of the Epistles.
- Bibleeither of these two Epistles in the New Testament, I Peter or II Peter.
- a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter P.
- a male given name.
- Greek Pétros stone, translation of Syriac kēfā
- Latin
- Old English Petrus Middle English
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