Peter

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

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