Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word PET
PET
Definitions of PET
- An animal kept as a companion.
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
- Kept or treated as a pet.
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- Abbreviation of petition.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.)
- (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
- (transitive, intransitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
- (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
- (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.
- (archaic, intransitive) To be peevish; to sulk.
- (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
- (uncountable, organic compound) Initialism of polyethylene terephthalate.
- (countable, medicine) Acronym of positron emission tomography.
- (countable, genetics) Acronym of paired-end tag.
- (countable, historical, computing, backronym) Acronym of personal electronic transactor, a line of personal computers produced by Commodore International.
- (Canadian politics) Initialism of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
- (obsolete) Good; ideal.
Number of letters
3
Is palindrome
No
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