peter¹ /pēˈtər/

To dwindle away to nothing, be dissipated or exhausted (with out)

peter² /pēˈtər/

1. The Blue Peter (flag)
2. A call for trumps (whist)
3. A high card followed by a low card, so played as a signal to one's partner (bridge)

1. To signal that one has a short suit (whist)
2. To play a high card followed by a low card (bridge)

peˈter-boat noun

1. A kind of fishing-boat
2. A dredger's boat that goes equally well forward or astern

peˈter-man noun

A fisherman (in allusion to the apostle)

Peter-see-meˈ noun

A Spanish wine (from a grape introduced by Pedro Ximenes)

Peter's pence see under penny

peter³ /pēˈtər/ (slang)

1. A safe
2. A prison cell
3. The penis
4. A till (Aust)
5. The witness box (Aust)

peˈterman noun

A safe-blower

• self-registering
• self-regulating
• self-regulation
• self-regulatory
• self-reliance
• self-reliant
• self-reliantly
• self-relying
• self-renunciation
• self-renunciations
• self-repeating
• self-repose
• self-repression
• self-reproach
• self-reproaches
• self-reproachful
• self-reproof
• self-reproofs
• self-reproving
• self-repugnance
• self-repugnances
• self-repugnant
• self-resemblance
• self-resemblances
• self-respect