pete — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

black, cab-over, general, popular, still

The black pete character has been controversial in Dutch holiday traditions for many years.

VERB + PETE

asked, blow, calls, logs, love, pullin'

I asked Pete if he wanted to grab coffee after work tomorrow.

PETE + NOUN

hegseth, pearce, piece, racism, rodriguez, s, shortarse, sydney

Pete Hegseth served as the host of Fox and Friends Weekend for several years.

PREP.

down, in, with

I had to pete down the hill to catch the bus this morning.

ADV.

really

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Definitions

name

1

A diminutive of the male given name Peter.

“Where’s Pete?” Pearce asked him. / “Pete?” Shortarse’s mouth stretched and slackened and stretched again. You couldn’t tell if he’d just stubbed his toe, or if he was about to burst into hysterical laughter. / “How many Petes you got working here?” / Shortarse shrugged. […] “Thompson,” Pearce said with his eyes closed. “Thompson,” he said again. He opened his eyes and stared. “I’d like to see Pete Thompson.”

According to the Atlantic, national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month convened a text conversation with top US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to discuss strikes on Houthi militants in Yemen who had been threatening international shipping in the Red Sea. Waltz, apparently accidentally, added Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the chain.

2

A Peterbilt truck.

Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin' logs. Cab-over Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs.

noun

1

Acronym of polyethylene terephthalate.

Near-synonym: ♳

noun

1

Alternative form of peter (“a safe”).

He was on his way to Tyrone, where he intended to blow a “pete” in a general merchandise store […]

He told us that at one time he could blow a pete at one shot and never fail.

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Idioms & Phrases

sneaky Pete

A sneaky person.

“You may have fooled him, 'cause he has the IQ of a Russian toilet, but I know you're up to something, aren't you, you little sneaky Pete?” “Okay, Colin, if I tell you something--”

Example Bank

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“Where’s Pete?” Pearce asked him. / “Pete?” Shortarse’s mouth stretched and slackened and stretched again. You couldn’t tell if he’d just stubbed his toe, or if he was about to burst into hysterical l

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According to the Atlantic, national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month convened a text conversation with top US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

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03

Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin' logs. Cab-over Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs.

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Near-synonym: ♳

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He was on his way to Tyrone, where he intended to blow a “pete” in a general merchandise store […]

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He told us that at one time he could blow a pete at one shot and never fail.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, pete is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.