pet
adjective
1. preferred above all others and treated with partiality; favorite.
Similar word(s): loved, favored, favorite, favourite, preferent, preferred
Sentences with pet as an adjective:
- a pet child
- a pet theory
noun
1. a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
Definition categories: animal, beast, brute, creature, fauna
2. a special loved one
Similar word(s): darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite
Definition categories: person, lover
3. a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
Definition categories: feeling, choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance
4. using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
Definition categories: act, imaging, tomography