Usually means: Flag signaling ship is ready.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. blue peter: Merriam-Webster
  2. Blue Peter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. blue peter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. blue peter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. blue peter: Vocabulary.com
  6. Blue Peter: Wordnik
  7. Blue Peter, blue peter: Wiktionary
  8. blue peter: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Blue Peter, blue peter: Dictionary.com
  10. Blue Peter (American horse), Blue Peter (British horse), Blue Peter (band), Blue Peter (disambiguation), Blue Peter (flag), Blue Peter (instrumental), Blue Peter (locomotive), Blue Peter, Blue peter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. blue peter: Rhymezone
  12. Blue Peter: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. blue peter: FreeDictionary.org
  14. blue peter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. blue peter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. blue peter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Television (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blue peter: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Blue Peter: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Blue Peter: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See blue_peters as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Blue Peter)

noun:  (nautical) A blue signal flag with a white rectangle in the centre, signifying "P". When flown alone, indicates that a ship is ready to sail, requiring all crew members and passengers to return on board.
noun:  (card games, intransitive) In whist, a play that calls for trumps by throwing away a higher card of a suit while holding a lower one.
verb:  (card games, intransitive) In whist, to play a blue peter.
noun:  (US) American coot, mudhen (Fulica americana)
noun:  (US) American purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of blue peter [(nautical) A blue signal flag with a white rectangle in the centre, signifying "P". When flown alone, indicates that a ship is ready to sail, requiring all crew members and passengers to return on board.]

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