Pet meaning

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The definition of a pet is a companion animal that you take care of and that keeps you company, like a dog or a cat.

An example of pet is your dog.

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Kept as a pet.

A pet cat.

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Being a favorite.

A pet topic.

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Particularly cherished or indulged.

A pet grandchild.

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Expressing or showing affection.

A pet name.

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To stroke or caress gently.
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To stroke or fondle amorously.
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A fit of bad temper or pique.
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To be sulky and peevish.
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Peter.
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An animal that is tamed or domesticated and kept as a companion or treated with fondness.
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A person who is treated with particular affection or indulgence; favorite.
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Kept or treated as a pet.

A pet duck.

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Especially liked; favorite.
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Greatest; especial; particular.

One's pet peeve.

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Showing fondness or affection.

A pet name.

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To stroke or pat (now, esp., an animal) affectionately.
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To be indulgent toward; pamper.
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To kiss, embrace, fondle, etc., passionately in mutual sexual stimulation.
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A state of sulky peevishness or ill humor.
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To be in a pet; sulk.
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Peter.
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An animal kept as a companion.
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One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
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Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
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To stroke or fondle (an animal).
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(informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
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(intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
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(dated) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.

His daughter was petted and spoiled.

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(archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.

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Favourite; cherished.

A pet child.

A pet theory.

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A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
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Abbreviation of petition.
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(Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
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To pet is to rub, pat or touch something or someone with affection.

An example of pet is when you run your hands through your dog's fur.

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An animal kept for enjoyment or companionship.
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An object of the affections.
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A person especially loved or indulged; a favorite.

The teacher's pet.

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Origin of pet

Originally from Northern English and Scots dialects, origin is unsure but may have arisen due to influence of petty pertaining to children and later companion animals. Almost certainly of Germanic etymology.

Sentence Examples

  • He's a regular pet now.

  • Pierre had managed to start a conversation with the abbe about the balance of power, and the latter, evidently interested by the young man's simple-minded eagerness, was explaining his pet theory.

  • Half the cars down there have USA license plates, and the models are so new they practically still have the family pet in the back seat.

  • She kneeled down to pet the cat.

  • In the Malay Peninsula the blood of a murdered man must be put in a bottle and prayers said over; after seven days of this worship a sound is heard and the operator puts his finger into the bottle for the polong, as the demon is called, to suck; it will fly through the air in the shape of an exceedingly diminutive female figure, and is always preceded by its pet, the pelesit, in the shape of a grasshopper.

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