pet

Multiple Entries:
  pet    PET    Pet.  

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pet1

▶noun

• 1 a domestic or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure.

• 2 a person treated with special favour.

• 3 used as an affectionate form of address.

▶adjective

• 1 relating to or kept as a pet.

• 2 favourite or particular: my pet hate is woodwork.

▶verb (pets, petting, petted)

• 1 stroke or pat (an animal).

• 2 caress sexually.

– derivatives
petter noun.

– origin C16: of unknown origin.

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pet2

▶noun a fit of sulking or ill humour.

– origin C16: of unknown origin.

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PET/piːiːˈtiː/

▶abbreviation

• 1 polyethylene terephthalate.

• 2 positron emission tomography.

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Pet.

▶abbreviation Peter (in biblical references).