Peter
- Proper noun. (given name, male) .
- Proper noun. (biblical character) The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
- Proper noun. (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
- Proper noun. (rare, _) (surname, patronymic) .
- Noun. (''hypocoristic slang'') The penis.
- Verb. (context, only used in the phrase peter out) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.
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