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pet PET Pet.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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.
- 1 relating to or kept as a pet.
- 2 favourite or particular: my pet hate is woodwork.
- 1 stroke or pat (an animal).
- 2 caress sexually.
– derivatives
petter noun.
petter noun.
– origin C16: of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pet2
▶noun a fit of sulking or ill humour.
– origin C16: of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
PET/piːiːˈtiː/
▶abbreviation
- 1 polyethylene terephthalate.
- 2 positron emission tomography.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Pet.
▶abbreviation Peter (in biblical references).

