Definition of keeping a person's pecker up

keep (one's) pecker up    

verb

• to cheer up. British.

  Keep your pecker up, mate.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: encouragement (phrases of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: to be happy, feel good.

  Last edited on Aug 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 21 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)':
flutter	Definitions include: a small bet or wager.
tickety-boo	Definitions include: going well; going smoothly.
recce	Definitions include: to reconnoiter.
pecker	Definitions include: penis.
Yank	Definitions include: A synonym for American, often used in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
posh	Definitions include: sassy, beyond sassy... incredibly choleric.
wedge	Definitions include: money.
shag	Definitions include: to have sex (with).
dig for worms	Definitions include: to perform varicose vein surgery.
toss off	Definitions include: to masturbate.
chav	Definitions include: a member of a British subculture characterized by low- or middle-class youths with characteristics such as wearing athletic clothing, Burberry brand clothing, and gold chains, listening to rap music, driving low-end but "souped up" automobiles, and engaging in drunken and other crass behavior.
dog's nuts, the	Definitions include: cool, new or special.
skeet	Definitions include: generally displeasing.
LOBNH	Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
queue up	Definitions include: to form a line of people, while waiting to receive some service.
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Other terms relating to 'encouragement (phrases of)':
you go, girl	Definitions include: a phrase of encouragement.
work it	Definitions include: a phrase of encouragement or a compliment to a person engaging in some activity.
Other terms relating to 'to be happy, feel good':
yippee	Definitions include: exclamation of joy.
woot	Definitions include: an expression of excitement or joy, used mostly by computer aficionados.
ride high	Definitions include: to feel very good.
perk up	Definitions include: to cheer up.
do cartwheels	Definitions include: to be extremely happy.
feel like a million bucks	Definitions include: to feel great.
afterglow	Definitions include: the pleasant feeling after sexual intercourse.
feel like a million dollars	Definitions include: to feel great.

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Other terms relating to 'keep':
KBO	Definitions include: "keep buggering on", i.e. don't give up.
keep a low profile	Definitions include: to hide.
keep an ear to the ground	Definitions include: to monitor new information or rumors.
keep an eye on	Definitions include: to supervise a person.
keep an eye out	Definitions include: to watch for.
keep a stiff upper lip	Definitions include: to remain courageous.
keep a straight face	Definitions include: to restrain from laughing.
keep cool	Definitions include: to keep one's composure.
Keep digging, Watson.	Definitions include: sardonic retort to "No shit, Sherlock!"
keeper	Definitions include: from football, but referring to an object that you like.
keep f*cking that chicken	Definitions include: statement of encouragement.
keep it 100	Definitions include: to tell the truth.
keep it gangster	Definitions include: to keep it real.
keep it gutter	Definitions include: doing things in way a gangster would.
keep it in (one's) pants	Definitions include: to not be promiscuous.
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Other terms relating to 'pecker':
pecker	Definitions include: penis.
pecker checker	Definitions include: urologist
pecker head	Definitions include: An unpleasant male person, said to use his penis (pecker) to think rather than his brain.
pecker tracks	Definitions include: semen.
wood pecker	Definitions include: Referring to a gay man who sucks another mans penis
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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