pete
/piːt/
pete is the alternative form of peter.
Meaning of peter
Noun (1)
peter (plural peters)
- The penis.
- You smile, act polite, shake their hands, then cut off their peters and put them in your pocket.” “Yes, Mr. President,” answered O'Brien.1997, Shelby Scates, Warren G. Magnuson and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century America, page 141
Noun (2)
peter (plural peters)
- A safe.
- 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.1963, Kenneth Ullyett, Crime out of Hand, page 109
- Synonyms:
- pete
- A prison cell.
- […] the ceremony of 'slopping out', breakfast, across to the main library from nine till half-past eleven, back to my peter for the mid-day meal and two hours' break, then the library again till five o'clock when tea was brought round and the cell door locked for the night.1955, Rupert Croft-Cooke, The Verdict of You All, page 82
Proper noun capitalized: Pete
Pete (plural Petes)
- A diminutive of the male given name Peter.
- “Where’s Pete?” Pearce asked him. / “Pete?” Shortarse’s mouth stretched and slackened and stretched again. You couldn’t tell if he’d just stubbed his toe, or if he was about to burst into hysterical laughter. / “How many Petes you got working here?” / Shortarse shrugged. […] “Thompson,” Pearce said...2004, Allan Guthrie, “11:15 am”, in Two-Way Split, Holicong, Pa.: PointBlank, →ISBN, part 1, page 28
- According to the Atlantic, national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month convened a text conversation with top US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to discuss strikes on Houthi militants in Yemen who had been...2025 March 24, Katie Bo Lillis, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny, Evan Perez, Oren Liebermann, Jamie Gangel, Kit Maher and Sean Lyngaas, “Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat...
- A Peterbilt truck.
- Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
In a Kenworth pullin' logs.
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall
- Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
Noun capitalized: PETE
PETE (uncountable)
- Acronym of polyethylene terephthalate.
- Near-synonym: ♳
- Synonyms:
- PET, ♳
Synonyms of pete
- PET
- ♳
Forms of pete
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | petes |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Petes |
Words formed from pete
Phrases with pete
Words that rhyme with pete
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
Questions about pete
- What does pete mean?
- Pete means a diminutive of the male given name Peter.
- What is pete the alternative form of?
- Pete is the alternative form of peter.
- What part of speech is pete?
- Pete can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pete?
- Pete is pronounced /piːt/.
Words near pete in the dictionary
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