Definition of Peter out

1. Verb. End weakly. "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

Exact synonyms: Fizzle, Fizzle Out, Taper Off
Generic synonyms: Discontinue

2. Verb. Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working. "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
Exact synonyms: Conk Out, Poop Out, Run Down, Run Out
Generic synonyms: Fatigue, Jade, Pall, Tire, Weary

Definition of Peter out

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To dwindle; to tail off; to diminish to nothing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peter Out

petawatt
petawatts
petcare
petchary
petcock
petcocks
petechia
petechiae
petechial
petechial angiomas
petechial fever
petechial haemorrhage
petechiasis
petedunnite
peter out
peterbaylissite
petered
petered out
peterel
peterels
peterero
petereroes
petering
petering out
peterman
petermen
peters out

Literary usage of Peter out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1908)
"Here then is the original of " peter-out," to grow small or thin. Hotten (Slang Dictionary, 1865) defines the verb, " to peter, to run short or give out. ..."

2. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1826)
"... out of a Shuttle mare, bred by Mr. Watt ; dam, Hopeful, by Sir Peter, out of Play or Pay's dam, by Herod —Regulus—Rib. 29. ..."

3. Record of Christian Work edited by Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt (1908)
"Peter was guarded by sixteen soldiers, and a great iron gate was between him and safety. The Christians of Jerusalem went to work to get peter out of this ..."

4. A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus & Branchidæ by Charles Thomas Newton, Richard Popplewell Pullan (1862)
"... by Knights of St. John, AD 1402, who build the castle of St. peter out of the ruins of the Mausoleum. ..."

5. Paths to Power: Central Church Sermons by Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1905)
"But Jesus looks at all the souls of His disciples as He speaks to this one, for He is doing the same with them, bringing the peter out of the Simon as His ..."

6. Bessie on her travels by Joanna Hooe Mathews (1871)
"Did you throw peter out?" asked Mammy. Baby could not say yes; ... Peter all don, peter out," said baby again, clapping her bands and laughing with the most ..."

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