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   Pet

   /pet/

   

   noun

   • 1. a domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure: "the pony was a family pet"
   • ▪ a person treated with special favor, especially in a way that others regard as unfair: "Liz was teacher's pet"
   • ▪ used as an affectionate form of address: "don't cry, pet, it's all right"

   adjective

   • ▪ denoting a thing that one devotes special attention to or feels particularly strongly about: "another of her pet projects was the arts center"

   verb

   • 1. stroke or pat (an animal) affectionately: "the cats came to be petted" Similar strokecaressfondlepat
   • ▪ treat (someone) with affection or favoritism; pamper: "I was cosseted and petted and never shouted at" Similar pamperspoilmollycoddlecoddlecossetbabyindulgeoverindulgedote onoverparentwrap in cotton woolfeather-bedarchaic:cocker
   • ▪ engage in sexually stimulating caressing and touching: "couples necking and petting in the cars" Similar kiss and cuddlekisscuddleembracecaressinformal:canoodlenecksmoochbill and coosnogmake outget it onplay kissy-faceinformal, dated:spoon

   Word Origin early 16th century (as a noun; originally Scots and northern English): of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. petter noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

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