[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing; gradually come to an end (usually followed byoutoraway): The hearings petered to an inevitable conclusion.The criticism seems to have petered out.The hearings petered to an inevitable conclusion.", "to tire; become exhausted (usually followed byout):I began to peter out after walking about 2 miles."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["penis ."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a signal for an echo."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Also called Simon Peter.died a.d. 67?, one of the 12 apostles and the reputed author of two of the Epistles.", "either of these two Epistles in the New Testament, I Peter or II Peter.", "a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter P.", "a male given name."]}]