pecker

noun (STAY HAPPY)

/ˈpek.ər/

/-ɚ/

Definition

keep your pecker up UK old-fashioned informal › to try to stay happy when things are difficultTolerating and enduringCoping and not copingDealing with things or people

(Definition of pecker noun (STAY HAPPY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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peck noun
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pecker noun (PENIS)
pecker noun (STAY HAPPY)
pecking order noun
peckish adjective
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pectoral adjective
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SMART Thesaurus: Tolerating and enduring

Synonyms and related words:

bear with sb phrasal verb
bearable adjective
bide verb
come to terms with sth idiom
endurance noun
philosophical adjective
put up with sth/sb phrasal verb
resign yourself to sth phrasal verb
ride sth out phrasal verb
stand up to sth phrasal verb
stew (in your own juice) idiom
stick it out phrasal verb
stick with it idiom
stomach verb
sweat it out idiom
tolerance noun (ABILITY TO DEAL WITH)
tolerate verb (DEAL WITH)
wait sth out phrasal verb
weather the storm idiom
withstand verb

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