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expression

• ogling an attractive woman.

  Benny: What took you guys so long?
  
  Yeah-Yeah: Eh, Squints was perving a dish.
  
  Squints: Shut up! I was not!
  
  Yeah-Yeah: Yeah yeah you were! Your tongue was hangin' outta your head, and you was swoonin', 'Oh Wendy Preffercorn, my darling lover-girl, ho!'

  -- The Sandlot (1993 film) Squints: I said "shut up!" Got a lot of things on my mind.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2018. Submitted by Danny Rayburn on Aug 20 2017.

adjective

• perverted.

                         
  
                               
  
                                               
  
  Citation from "Everybody Flirts... Sometimes", Raising Hope (TV), Season 1 Episode 20 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.

adjective

• as bad as possible. The opposite of "optimal."

  My solution was just about as pessimal as possible, but it'll work until version 2.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

noun

• a safe, till, or cash box. From "Peter". Predominant use in 1920's through 1940's. Sometimes also used to refer to a prison cell or a courtroom witness box.

  I'm known for taking petes.

  I'm the best pete man in the country.

  Last edited on Jun 05 2014. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 27 2013.

noun - uncountable

• Pete Best was the Beatles drummer in the years just prior to their breakthrough in the record industry. He was abruptly fired on the eve of their first Parlophone recording session. Ringo Starr was hired in his place. Every musician lives in fear of "getting the Pete Best" to this day.

  Yeh, they gave him the Pete Best!

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by garrod k. from Phoenix, AZ, USA on Dec 17 2001.

noun

• a disliked person.

  Yeah, he's a real peter.

  • See more words with the same meaning: uncool person, jerk, asshole (general insults - list of).

  Last edited on Jan 12 2011. Submitted by Dr. A. on Jun 24 2008.

• penis.
  • See more words with the same meaning: penis.

  Last edited on Sep 27 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 27 2009.

• A man with a rather massive penis! (Shlong)
  
  'Oh my god his Peter is amazing I couldn't handle all of it'

  Last edited on Oct 01 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2016.

verb - intransitive

• to get tired. See also peter out.
  • See more words with the same meaning: tired.

  Last edited on Jul 30 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on May 30 2012.

verb

• to kill time.

  We can just peter around by the harbor until we have to get back on the ship.

  Doing nothing of any significant value.

  Since retiring, Bill spends his day petering about the house trying to find something to occupy himself with.

  To take an excessive amount of time in completing something.

  Quit petering around and get that project finished or we will not get paid on time.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 16 2011.