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peters

peters is the plural of peter.

peters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of peter.

Meaning of peter

Noun (1)

peter (plural peters)

  1. (slang) 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)

  1. (UK, slang) 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
  2. (UK, slang) 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

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Peters

Peters (countable and uncountable, plural Peterses)

  1. An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Peter.
  2. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
  3. A township in Kingman County, Kansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in Casco Township, St. Clair County, Michigan.
  5. A township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
  6. A township in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  7. An unincorporated community in Austin County, Texas.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Peters

Peters

  1. (plural) plural of Peter

Forms of peters

pluralPeterses

Words formed from peters

Phrases with peters

Questions about peters

What does peters mean?
Peters means an English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Peter.
What is peters the plural of?
Peters is the plural of peter.
What part of speech is peters?
Peters is a proper noun.

Words near peters in the dictionary

  1. peterman
  2. Petermann
  3. Petermanns
  4. Petermans
  5. petermen
  6. peters
  7. Peters Marland
  8. peters out
  9. Peters' platanna
  10. Peters's elephantnose fish
  11. Peters's elephantnose fishes

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