PET

noun pets

1. An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use. family pet, pet cat, pet dog, pet store
2. broadly Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. pet plant, pet rock
3. One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
4. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling. At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make a pet of her little cousin, as she would have him to be; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby.

Similar: companion animal

verb pets · petting · pet · petted

1. transitive To stroke or fondle (an animal). I really love to pet cute puppies.
2. informal, intransitive, transitive To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously. We started petting each other the moment we were alone.
3. dated, transitive To keep or treat (an animal) as a pet. Deer are often tamed and petted, and their flesh is so much esteemed by all Malays, that it is very natural they should endeavour to introduce them into the remote islands in which they settled, and whose luxuriant forests seem so well adapted for their subsistence.
4. dated, transitive To treat (someone) as a pet; to fondle; to indulge. His daughter was petted and spoiled.
5. archaic, intransitive To be a pet.
6. archaic, intransitive To be peevish; to sulk. He sure is queasie stomach't that must pet, and puke, at such a trivial circumstance

Similar: grope, touch up, cosset, feel up, coddle

adjective

1. figuratively, not comparable Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention. a pet project
2. literally, not comparable Kept or treated as a pet. pet rock
3. not comparable, obsolete Good; ideal. “Now,” said Hands, “look there; there’s a pet bit for to beach a ship in. Fine flat sand, never a cat's paw, trees all around of it, and flowers a-blowing like a garding on that old ship.”

noun pets

1. A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted. His genius at this time was of a decidedly gloomy cast. He brought his mother a tragedy, in which, though he killed sixteen people before the second act, it made her laugh so, that he thrust the masterpiece into the fire in a pet.

verb pets · petting · petted

1. To be petulant or upset; to have a problem with. Got suttin' in the glove compartment and I won't pet to use it

noun pets

1. abbreviation Abbreviation of petition.petition

noun pets

1. Geordie, Ireland A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

noun PETs

1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of polyethylene terephthalate.polyethylene terephthalate An effort was made to fit the flexible tube at least 3 mm deep onto the vasculature; (2) for the remaining systems, 3D-printed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) reservoir blocks were manufactured by PrintPlace using FDM technology. The additively manufactured PET reservoir blocks were previously appl
2. abbreviation, acronym, countable, uncountable Acronym of positron emission tomography.positron emission tomography He [Rob Beanlands] is a founding director of the National Cardiac PET Centre, the first facility in Canada dedicated to the use of PET (positron-emission tomography) as a non-invasive cardiac diagnostic tool. PET technology can help determine whether areas of the heart muscle are receiving enough bl
3. abbreviation, acronym, countable Acronym of paired-end tag.paired-end tag
4. abbreviation, acronym, countable, historical Acronym of personal electronic transactor, a line of personal computers produced by Commodore International.personal electronic transactor Why is the order of graphical characters in the PETSCII table so seemingly haphazard? The answer is that arrangement was dictated by the PET keyboard design, a hardware-driven decision.
5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of perineal ectopic testis (a rare congenital anomaly of the testis).perineal ectopic testis

proper noun

1. Canadian, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.Pierre Elliott Trudeau But Wright takes a rather contrarian position about the impact of emotionally charged Trudeaumania on PET’s astonishing political rise in 1968.