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| 1. | [ noun ] (zoology) a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement | |
| Related terms: | animal | |
| 2. | [ verb ] stroke or caress gently | |
| Examples: | "pet the lamb" |
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| Related terms: | caress canoodle gentle neck darling | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] preferred above all others and treated with partiality | |
| Synonyms: | favored favorite preferred favourite | |
| Examples: | "the favored child" |
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| Related terms: | loved | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a special loved one | |
| Synonyms: | darling favorite dearie deary ducky favourite | |
| Related terms: | lover chosen mollycoddle teacher's_pet macushla | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) | |
| Related terms: | irritability | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (sexuality) stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking | |
| Related terms: | caress darling | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (medicine) using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) | |
| Synonyms: | positron_emission_tomography | |
| Related terms: | imaging | |
| Similar spelling: |
Pett Peto Peth Pete Peet peat pewit petty Petti Peete peaty peyote Pewitt Petway Pettie Pettey peewit Peed |
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