BLUE PETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue peter mean? 

• BLUE PETER (noun)
  The noun BLUE PETER has 1 sense:

1. a blue flag with a white square in the center indicates that the vessel is ready to sail

  Familiarity information: BLUE PETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUE PETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blue flag with a white square in the center indicates that the vessel is ready to sail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("blue peter" is a kind of...):

code flag; nautical signal flag (one of an international code of flag signals used between ships)