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Pete¹
- /piːt/
Sounds like peat · Rhymes with -iːt
proper noun Petes
- 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
- A Peterbilt truck. 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.
PETE²
noun
- Acronym of polyethylene terephthalate Near-synonym: ♳
pete³
noun petes
- Alternative form of peter (“a safe”). He was on his way to Tyrone, where he intended to blow a “pete” in a general merchandise store […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: petey, pierre, peter, beatty, beit, boy, betty, god, amour, love, petit, doing, away, fifth, stone, screenwriter
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title = {pete},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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