See Also: peter(dictionary)
Peter II(encyclopedia)
Peter III(encyclopedia)
Peter IV(encyclopedia)
peter(2)(dictionary)
peter(1)(dictionary)
Peter I(encyclopedia)
Peter Pan(dictionary)
Pan, Peter(dictionary)
peter(medicine)

peter(2) (iou)



peter verb. E19.
[Origin uncertain. In senses 3, 4 cf. PETER noun1.]
verb trans. Cease, stop doing. slang. E19.
verb intrans. (Orig. of a vein of ore) diminish or come to an end gradually. Usu. foll. by out. E19.
V. Woolf The music petered out on the last word. H. Carpenter Where the lane petered out into a mere path.
b. verb trans. Exhaust (foll. by out); squander (foll. by away). Freq. as petered ppl adjective. M19.
verb intrans. Whist & Bridge. = ECHO verb 5. L19.
verb trans. Blow open (a safe). slang. E20.