peter

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The blue-peter is a term used in the British navy and widely elsewhere; it is a blue flag with a white square employed often as a signal for sailing.

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  1. intransitive verb To diminish slowly and come to an end; dwindle. Often used with out: Their enthusiasm soon petered out.
  2. intransitive verb To become exhausted. Used with out.
  3. noun Vulgar Slang The penis.

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  • My peter was as big or bigger than theirs as well. —  XXXX
  • I gave the attendant my clip and got the basket with my clothes, my peter was already starting to get hard. —  XXXX
  • I have lost count of the number of times I have wanted to do this and unlike peter, my Apex is not up to the job. —  Salesforce IdeaExchange
  • Grow the use of a new platform using traditional platform Gary Hayes and Peter Giles, AFTRS LAMP www. lamp.edu.au gary. hayes@aftrs.edu.au - peter. giles@aftrs.edu.au —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Slide 90: Hobart Orientation and Workshop Seeing is believing Gary Hayes and Peter Giles, AFTRS LAMP www. lamp.edu.au gary. hayes@aftrs.edu.au - peter. giles@aftrs.edu.au —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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peter:   petered
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Origin unknown.
  2. From the name Peter.

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  1. Also peeter; in def. 1 abbreviation of peter-see-me; in def. 2 uncertain; but in both apparently ult. from Peter, a man's name, orig. that of the apostle Peter, from Late Latin Petrus, from Greek Πέτρος, Peter, literally‘rock’: see pier.
  2. Abbr. of repcater.
  3. from peter, n.
  4. Origin uncertain.
 

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/ˈpitər/
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