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Pet   /pɛt/   Listen
Pet

noun
1.
A domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement.
2.
A special loved one.  Synonyms: darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite.
3.
A fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight).
4.
Using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain).  Synonym: positron emission tomography.
verb
(past & past part. petted; pres. part. petting)
1.
Stroke or caress gently.
2.
Stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking.
adjective
1.
Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.  Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, preferent, preferred.



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"Pet" Quotes from Famous Books



... your security, my little woman, that she won't be displeased. Dear me, what nice hair and purty curls you have! and such beautiful teeth! Don't you think Miss Amanda is jealous of your charms? eh? Why do you turn away your head, my pet?" ...
— The Cross and the Shamrock • Hugh Quigley

... woman kept the Fellow of All-Souls still a boy at heart, nor that the reserved and inappropriate man forgot his awkwardness in his mother's presence. He was not only a very affectionate son, but a dutiful good child to her. It had been his pet scheme for years to bring her from her Devonshire cottage, and make her mistress of his house. That had been the chief attraction, indeed, which drew him to Carlingford; for had he consulted his own tastes, ...
— The Rector • Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

... of a good many of the boys. One of them said to me the day after the mumpy ones were taken over to Meaux: "Lucky fellows. I wish I had the mumps. After Verdun it must be jolly to be in the hospital with nothing more dangerous than mumps, and a nice, pretty girl, in a white cap, to pet you. I can't think of a handsomer way to spend a ...
— On the Edge of the War Zone - From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes • Mildred Aldrich

... and struck his cousin's dove As, wheeling round and round, It hovered near—the wounded bird Fell fluttering to the ground. And in a moment o'er her pet Dear Madge is bending low. Oh, how she blames the faithless ...
— Little Folks (July 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various

... have a love &c. n. for, entertain a love &c. n. for, harbor cherish a love &c. n. for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one's affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet. burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument[Fr]; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored &c. adj.; fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire &c. 865. excite love; win the heart, gain the ...
— Roget's Thesaurus


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