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peter
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pi?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pit?/, /?pi??/
- Rhymes: -i?t?(?)
- Homophone: pita (non-rhotic accents)
- Hyphenation: pe?ter
Etymology 1
US, 1902, presumably from shared initial pe-. Compare the use of other men’s names as a slang term for the penis, e.g., dick, willy, John Thomas, etc.
Noun
peter (plural peters)
- (slang) The penis.
- 1997: Shelby Scates, Warren G. Magnuson and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century America [2]
- You smile, act polite, shake their hands, then cut off their peters and put them in your pocket.” “Yes, Mr. President,” answered O'Brien.
- 1998: Michael Robert Gorman, The Empress Is a Man: Stories from the Life of Jose Sarria [3]
- ... 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.'"
- 2002: Celia H Miles, Mattie's Girl: An Appalachian Childhood [4]
- “It's to put on their peters when they don't want to make babies,” she said.
- 1997: Shelby Scates, Warren G. Magnuson and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century America [2]
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
peter (plural peters)
- (Britain, slang) A safe.
- Synonym: pete
- 1963, Kenneth Ullyett, Crime out of Hand (page 109)
- 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.
Derived terms
- peterman
Etymology 3
1812, US miners’ slang, Unknown. Various speculative etymologies have been suggested. One suggestion is that it comes from peter being an abbreviation of saltpeter, the key ingredient in gunpowder – when a mine was exhausted, it was “petered”. Other derivations are from St. Peter (from sense of “rock”), or French péter (“to fart”).
Verb
peter (third-person singular simple present peters, present participle petering, simple past and past participle petered)
- (most often used in the phrase peter out) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.
- 2021, Helen Fisher, Faye, Faraway (page 241)
- My words petered away.
- 2021, Helen Fisher, Faye, Faraway (page 241)
Usage notes
Originally used independently, but today most often in the derived phrase peter out.
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
peter (third-person singular simple present peters, present participle petering, simple past and past participle petered)
- (card games, intransitive) Synonym of blue peter
References
Anagrams
- Peret, Petre, Prete, peert, petre, repet.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch peter, from petrijn, from Latin patr?nus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pe?.t?r/
- Hyphenation: pe?ter
- Rhymes: -e?t?r
Noun
peter m (plural peters, feminine meter)
- A godfather.
- Synonym: peetoom
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paker
English
Noun
paker (plural pakers)
- (obsolete) A vagrant, stroller
References
- 1949, John Dover Wilson (compiler), Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose, Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes. Quoted in plural (pakers)
Anagrams
- Parke, Pekar, Perak, Repka
Indonesian
Etymology
From Madurese [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pak?r]
- Hyphenation: pa?kêr
Adjective
paker
- (Madura) too bitter.
- Synonym: pahit
Further reading
- “paker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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