Definition of peter out

peter out    

verb

• to get tired.

  I petered out after the long day at work.

  He always peters out before we finish all the shopping.

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

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Other terms relating to 'tired':
baked	Definitions include: under the influence of marijuana; "stoned".
wasted	Definitions include: extremely drunk.
cream-crackered	Definitions include: tired.
bushed	Definitions include: tired.
strung out	Definitions include: on drugs.
wiped out	Definitions include: exhausted.
zonked	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated.
knackered	Definitions include: extremely tired.
done-zo	Definitions include: Alternate spelling of donezo.
out of it	Definitions include: under the influence of drugs.
do in	Definitions include: Food poisoning
inquant	Definitions include: fatigued to the point of ludicrous hysteria. In other words, when one is so tired that one can't stop laughing.
Peter	Definitions include: a disliked person.
beat	Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring".
donezo	Definitions include: "done".
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Other terms relating to 'out':
all blowed out	Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched.
amped-out	Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use.
as all get-out	Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
ask (one) out	Definitions include: to ask a person on a date.
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
back one out	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
bail out	Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail.
bait out	Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch".
bake-out	Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.)
ball out	Definitions include: to leave.
balls out	Definitions include: See also balls to the wall.
bang out	Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury.
beast out	Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work.
beat (one's) brains out	Definitions include: to beat severely.
beat seven shades of sh*t out of	Definitions include: to beat severely.
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Other terms relating to 'peter':
Peter	Definitions include: a disliked person.
peter around	Definitions include: to kill time.
Peter Puffer	Definitions include: a homosexual male.
Willie Peter	Definitions include: Willie Peter is military slang for a white phosphorus incendiary grenade.

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