peter out

English - Turkish

Definition of peter out in English Turkish dictionary

suya düşmek

yok olmak

tüken

tükenmek

güçten düşmek

benzini bitip durmak

yavaşça yok olmak

miyadını doldurmak

English - English

Definition of peter out in English English dictionary

To dwindle; to tail off; to diminish to nothing

What started as a great effort ended up petering out to nothing.

end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

disappear, fade out of sight; die out, be extinguished; be used up, run out

use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

Hyphenation

pe·ter out

Turkish pronunciation

pitır aut

Synonyms

abate, come to nothing, die out, diminish, drain, ebb, evaporate, fade, fail, give out, lessen, pall, rebate, recede, run dry

Antonyms

develop, grow, increase

Pronunciation

/ˈpētər ˈout/ /ˈpiːtɜr ˈaʊt/

Etymology

[ 'pE-t&r ] (intransitive verb.) 1846. 1846 US miners’ slang, from 1812 peter (“to become exhausted”).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Various speculative etymologies have been suggested, either from St. Peter|St. Peter]] (from sense of “rock”), French péter (“to fart”), or saltpeter (ingredient in gunpowder, hence used in mining).“”, The Phrase Finder, Gary Martin A Hog On Ice & Other Curious Expressions, Charles Funk, 1948.