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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



... is from the Sentences of Petrus Lombardus. "Est autem spes virtus, qua spiritualia et aeterna bona speratam, id est, beatitudinem aeternam. Sine meritis enim aliquid sperare non spes, sed praesumptio, dici potest." Pet. Lomb. Sent. 1. Iii. Dist. 26. Ed. ...
— The Divine Comedy • Dante

... thankful kisses. "That, Mr. Cleek, is where the greatest difficulty lies, there is so little to explain that has any bearing upon the matter at all. It is only that the lion, Nero, that is, the chevalier's special pride and special pet, seems to have undergone some great and inexplicable change, as though he is at times under some evil spell, which lasts but a moment and yet makes that moment a tragical one. It began, no one knows why nor how, two weeks ...
— The Boy Scouts Book of Stories • Various

... who does not know exactly how mothers feel and think, would have expected my mother (than whom could be no better one) to pet me, and make much of me, under my sad trouble; to hang with anxiety on my looks, and shed her tears with mine (if any), and season every dish of meat put by for her John's return. And if the whole truth must be told, ...
— Lorna Doone - A Romance of Exmoor • R. D. Blackmore

... Penfield Evans, reaching for his hat. "Just you bring Hanna right along, Miss Emelene. That's only a pet pose of George's when he wants to tease his relatives, Mrs. Smith. I remember from college—why I've seen George ...
— The Sturdy Oak - A Composite Novel of American Politics by Fourteen American Authors • Samuel Merwin, et al.

... you believe such stuff and rubbish, my pet. How can they know anything about the sun who are never out in the sunshine, and never come up on the hills, or go into the wood? How can they know anything about the stars who never stopped on the hills, or on the sea all night? How can they ...
— Wood Magic - A Fable • Richard Jefferies


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