English Dictionary: petered | by the DICT Development Group |
1 result for petered | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Peter \Pet"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Petered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petering}.] [Etymol. uncertain.] To become exhausted; to run out; to fail; -- used generally with out; as, that mine has petered out. [Slang, U.S.] |