peter UK /ˈpiːtə/US /ˈpitɚ/noun 3verb 2forms 3phrases 1 noun3 •(slang) 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. — 1997 •(UK, slang) A safe.It used to be simple to 'crack a peter'. Safe-breaking (blowing or cracking a 'peter') in the past three or four years shows that the expert cracksman knows his job. — 1963 •(UK, slang) A prison cell. verb2 •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.Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt. — 2014 •Synonym of blue peter; to call for trump by throwing away a high card while holding a lower one. formspetered · petering · peters Phrases with peter rob Peter to pay PaulTo 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, producing no net gain.
Peter UK /ˈpiːtə/US /ˈpitɚ/noun 1phrases 1 noun1 •radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P. Phrases with Peter rob Peter to pay PaulTo 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, producing no net gain.
