Definition of Pet

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Definition of Pet

Pet

A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.

Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.

A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.

Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.

To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.

To be a pet.

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Pet Quotations

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
George Carlin

My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere.
Steven Wright

I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan.
Jimi Hendrix

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
Billy Graham

I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get.
Rodney Dangerfield

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.
Chuck Palahniuk

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.
Billy Connolly

I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.
Ziggy Marley

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.
Wilbur Wright

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
Moliere

Pet Translations

pet in Dutch is koesteren, troetelen, vertroetelen
pet in French is dorloter, choyer
pet in German is streicheln, Lieblingstier, Liebling

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