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A noun used to indicate something extremely difficult, dangerous, or hazardous to oneself or others.
Ex 1. "Igor's trip by sea to Antarctica was burdened with peril".

Ex 2. "The peril of the infection was intolerable to Scott."
Peril by ImperialSaint11 June 10, 2013
Unsexy dancer that tries to chat you up and will not leave you alone even though you don't want to be bothered
There are some sexy girls here tonight.
All except that Peril, she won't leave me alone.
There are two more Perils heading our way, lets roll
Peril by joyly February 21, 2011
Unsexy female dancer that grinds on you when you want to be left alone.
Here comes another Peril
I don't want to want to be bothered so tonight.
Lets go.
Peril by Villia February 18, 2011
A British merchandise agency that is recruiting upcoming artists and musicians to grow along with. Their motto is "uniting people despite their diversities" and they support the Polished Man Campaign while spreading awareness about different issues and giving people the hope of a brighten future in union.
- Hey man, I heard you got a new merch line, the quality is awesome!
- Yeah dude, Peril recruited me
Peril by Elijahsanji December 20, 2022

peril of a wax staircase 

a conversation pattern in which the discourse appears to follow the laws of logic and reason, but, in fact, upon close examination of, or prolonged participation in...you get stuck like you do when you try to walk up a melting wax staircase.
often occurs when parties involved in conversation attempt to be more clever or witty than they actually are.

inspired by the melting wax staircase sequence in the "House of Wax" remake
after a 20 minute discussion about writing a play that would serve as an analogy for our current situation (in which we were unable to score some mushrooms), the metaphor was over-extended, and we found ourselves faced with the peril of a wax staircase

In peril like Cheryl 

To be in a perceived dangerous situation
Yo, Dog, my foot was stuck in the public restroom. I was in peril like Cheryl.