Peeler

Quick meaning: Peeler is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A police officer.

Meaning

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A police officer.

More Meanings

1. One who peels.
2. A device for peeling fruit or vegetables.
3. Something to be peeled.
4. Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
5. (surfing) An ideal wave.
6. (horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
7. Someone who breaks horses.

Example Sentences

According to another superstition, the longer the peel, the longer the peeler's life would be.

It was Jem and Georgie that was in mortal danger, true, but there was not one of us that wanted the peelers asking us questions.

I was standin' there and the car came down the street with the two peelers comin' after them and I'm standin' here with [my son] in my arms.

How do you fight back to get your right back to walk free down the street when your name and address singles you out for every Peeler on the beat?

Word Forms

• peelers

Synonyms for peeler

Depending on context, synonyms include ecdysiast, stripper, stripteaser, striptease.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stripteaser, striptease, ecdysiast, stripper, crabs, bobby.

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