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Peter

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. 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. 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. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The penis.
  • verb. To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "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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    Equivalent
    Form
    petered  petering  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    apostle  member  penis  phallus  saint  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fail  
    verb-form
    petered  petering  peters