(card games, intransitive) In whist, to play a blue peter.

(idiomatic) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

(management) The theory that people in an organization tend to rise (be promoted) to the level of their incompetence.

present participle of peter out

simple past tense and past participle of peter out

A man who acts as a child and does not accept the responsibilities of adulthood.

(biblical) The first epistle of Peter, the twenty-first book of the New Testament of the Bible.

(biblical) The second epistle of Peter, the twenty-second book of the New Testament of the Bible.

plural of Peter Pan

(derogatory, slang) A male homosexual.