LekhoriLekhoriAn animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
Papyrus: This is my brother's pet rock. He always forgets to feed it. As usual, I have to take responsibility.
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.
A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
Initialism of polyethylene terephthalate.
Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
a pet project
Kept or treated as a pet.
pet rock
Good; ideal.
Initialism of 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.
Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tame...
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To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
We started petting each other the moment we were alone.
To be petulant or upset; to have a problem with.
Got suttin' in the glove compartment and I won't pet to use it
“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.”