pet
[1]
n
1 a tame animal kept in a household for companionship, amusement, etc.
2 a person who is fondly indulged; favourite
teacher's pet
adj
3 kept as a pet
a pet dog
4 of or for pet animals
pet food
5 particularly cherished; favourite
a pet theory, a pet hatred
6 familiar or affectionate
a pet name
7 ♦
pet day (Scot. and Irish) a single fine day during a period of bad weather
vb , pets, petting, petted
8 tr to treat (a person, animal, etc.) as a pet; pamper
9 tr to pat or fondle (an animal, child, etc.)
10 intr
Informal (of two people) to caress each other in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking (often in the phrase heavy petting)
(C16: origin unknown)
♦
petter n
Diccionario Inglés definición
pet [2]
n
1 a fit of sulkiness, esp. at what is felt to be a slight; pique
vb , pets, petting, petted
2 intr to take offence; sulk
(C16: of uncertain origin)
Diccionario Inglés definición
PET abbrev. for positron emission tomography
pet [1]
n
1 a tame animal kept in a household for companionship, amusement, etc.
2 a person who is fondly indulged; favourite
teacher's pet
adj
3 kept as a pet
a pet dog
4 of or for pet animals
pet food
5 particularly cherished; favourite
a pet theory, a pet hatred
6 familiar or affectionate
a pet name
7 ♦
pet day (Scot. and Irish) a single fine day during a period of bad weather
vb , pets, petting, petted
8 tr to treat (a person, animal, etc.) as a pet; pamper
9 tr to pat or fondle (an animal, child, etc.)
10 intr
Informal (of two people) to caress each other in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking (often in the phrase heavy petting)
(C16: origin unknown)
♦
petter n
pet [2]
n
1 a fit of sulkiness, esp. at what is felt to be a slight; pique
vb , pets, petting, petted
2 intr to take offence; sulk
(C16: of uncertain origin)
Pet. (Bible)
abbrev. for Peter
Diccionario Inglés definición
pet [1]
n
1 apple of one's eye, blue-eyed boy (informal) darling, favourite, idol, jewel, treasure
adj
2 cherished, dearest, dear to one's heart, favoured, favourite, particular, preferred, special
3 domesticated, house, house-broken, house-trained (Brit.) tame, trained
vb
4 baby, coddle, cosset, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil
5 caress, fondle, pat, stroke
6 (informal) canoodle (slang) cuddle, kiss, neck (informal) smooch (informal) snog (Brit. slang)
Diccionario Inglés sinónimos
pet [2]
n bad mood, bate (Brit. slang) huff, ill temper, miff (informal) paddy (Brit. informal) paddywhack (Brit. informal) pique, pout, sulk, sulks, tantrum, temper
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