Pete

//piːt// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Peter.

    "“Where’s Pete?” Pearce asked him. / “Pete?” Shortarse’s mouth stretched and slackened and stretched again. You couldn’t tell if he’d just stubbed his toe, or if he was about to burst into hysterical laughter. / “How many Petes you got working here?” / Shortarse shrugged. […] “Thompson,” Pearce said with his eyes closed. “Thompson,” he said again. He opened his eyes and stared. “I’d like to see Pete Thompson.”"

  2. 2
    A Peterbilt truck. slang

    "Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin' logs. Cab-over Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs."

Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of polyethylene terephthalate. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: ♳"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of peter (“a safe”). alt-of, alternative, slang

    "He was on his way to Tyrone, where he intended to blow a “pete” in a general merchandise store […]"

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