peter — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.

name

1

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.

What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,

2

The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.

3

The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

4

A surname originating as a patronymic.

5

A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah, United States, named after Peter Maughan.

noun

1

The penis.

You smile, act polite, shake their hands, then cut off their peters and put them in your pocket.” “Yes, Mr. President,” answered O'Brien.

... and you were there, and they acted like you weren't even born yet?' "I'd say, 'Yes, their memories are as long as their peters.'"

Collocations

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ADJ.

altruistic, brown, due, merry, republican, trying

The merry Peter entertained the children with his jokes and funny stories all afternoon.

VERB + PETER

harvest, knew, like, part

The project started strong but began to peter out after a few months.

PETER + NOUN

anything, jane, lik, lot, meijer

Peter mentioned that he didn't like a lot of the changes they made to the office.

PREP.

after, from, from, in, up, with

The old steam engine gradually petered out as it climbed the steep mountain.

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Idioms & Phrases

Peter Pan syndrome

The supposed psychological phenomenon of immaturity among some men, who, like the fictional character, remain childish or childlike and fail to assume appropriate adult social roles and responsibilities.

The husband himself (called "he" to emphasize his role as Typical Male) comes across as a rather dense, naughty adolescent boy. He is clearly suffering from a terminal case of the

rob Peter to pay Paul

To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse,

[I]t would be robbing Peter to pay Paul, for the government to pay a stamp-duty to itself.

Example Bank

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She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words,

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What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter lik

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Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission

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You smile, act polite, shake their hands, then cut off their peters and put them in your pocket.” “Yes, Mr. President,” answered O'Brien.

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... and you were there, and they acted like you weren't even born yet?' "I'd say, 'Yes, their memories are as long as their peters.'"

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“It's to put on their peters when they don't want to make babies,” she said.

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Usage Notes

i Register

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