• (RP) IPA: /ˈpiːtə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈpitɚ/, /ˈpiɾɚ/

peter (plural peters)

1. (slang) The penis.
   • 1997: Shelby Scates, Warren G. Magnuson and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century America

     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

     ... 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

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

• Portuguese: pênis

peter (plural peters)

1. (UK, slang) A safe.
   • 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.

peter (peters, present participle petering; past and past participle petered)

1. (most often used in the phrase peter out) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

peter (peters, present participle petering; past and past participle petered)

1. (card games, intransitive) Synonym of blue peter#English|blue peter

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpiːtə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈpitɚ/, [ˈpʰitɚ], [ˈpʰiɾɚ]

1. A male given name.
   • 1911 J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, Chapter I

     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.

   • 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")

     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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Matthew 16:18 ↗:

     And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church;

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

   Synonyms: Pet.

4. (rare compared to given name) Surname

• given name variants: Peers, Percy, Pete, Petey, Pierce, Piers
• feminine forms: Peta, Petra

• French: Pierre
• German: Peter
• Italian: Pietro, Piero
• Portuguese: Pedro
• Russian: Пётр
• Spanish: Pedro

• French: Pierre
• German: Petrus
• Italian: Pietro
• Portuguese: Pedro
• Russian: Пётр
• Spanish: Pedro

• French: Pierre, P
• German: ^{(please verify)} (Der 1./2. Brief des) Petrus, ^{(please verify)} Petr (de), Peter
• Italian: Pietro
• Portuguese: Pedro
• Spanish: Pedro