[pe.ter] vi [origin unknown] (1846) 1: to diminish gradually and come to an end: give out--usu. used with out "novelists whose creative impetus seems largely to have ~ed out --Times Lit. Supp."
2: to become exhausted--usu. used with out
[2]peter n [fr. the name Peter] (ca. 1902): penis--often considered vulgar Pe.ter n [LL Petrus, fr. Gk Petros, fr. petra rock] 1: a fisherman of Galilee and one of the twelve apostles
2: either of two hortatory letters written to early Christians and included as books of the New Testament