Definitions from Wiktionary (Peter)

▸ noun:  (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.
▸ noun:  A male given name from Ancient Greek.
▸ noun:  The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
▸ noun:  (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
▸ noun:  A surname originating as a patronymic.
▸ noun:  A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah, United States, named after Peter Maughan.
▸ noun:  (slang) The penis.
▸ noun:  (UK, slang) A safe.
▸ noun:  (UK, prison slang) A prison cell.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, originally US) 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.
▸ verb:  (card games, intransitive) Synonym of blue peter; to call for trump by throwing away a high card while holding a lower one.
▸ Also see peter




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