Pet

Noun

 * 1) An animal kept as a companion.
 * 2) One who is excessively loyal to their superior.

Synonyms

 * companion animal

Verb

 * 1)  To stroke or fondle (an animal).
 * 2)  To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
 * 3)  Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.

Noun

 * 1) A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
 * 2) * 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
 * There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet, with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.

Noun

 * 1)  A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

Thesaurus
admired, adored, angel, babe, baby, baby-doll, beloved, bill and coo, buttercup, caress, cherished, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, cocker, coddle, copulate, cosset, cuddle, dally, dandle, darling, dear, dearly beloved, deary, doll, duck, duckling, dudgeon, embrace, esteemed, favorite, feel up, ferment, fondle, fondling, fret, frictionize, fume, grump, held dear, high dudgeon, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, huff, hug, idol, jewel, knead, lamb, lambkin, lollygag, love, loved, lover, make love, make out, massage, matinee idol, miff, minion, neck, nose, nuzzle, pat, petkins, pique, popular, pout, precious, precious heart, preference, prized, revered, rub, rub against, rub down, rub noses, smooch, snookums, spoiled child, spoon, stew, stroke, sugar, sweet, sweet-talk, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, tiff, toy, treasured, trifle, wanton, well-beloved, well-liked, whisper sweet nothings, white-haired

Etymology 1
Originally from Northern English and dialects, origin is unsure but may have arisen due to influence of petty: pertaining to children and later companion animals. Almost certainly of Germanic etymology.

Etymology 2
Origin unknown.

Etymology 3
Abbreviation of petition:.

Etymology 4
Diminutive of petal:.

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: animal familier, animal de compagnie
 * German:, , Pet
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: домашен миленик, домашно милениче


 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: kjæledyr
 * Portuguese: animal de estimação
 * Russian: домашнее животное, любимец, питомец
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:, мезимац
 * Roman:, mezimac
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: husdjur, keldjur
 * Volapük: nimül,  hinimül,  jinimül


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Macedonian: љубимец, мињон
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: миљеник, љубимац, мезимац
 * Roman: miljenik, ljubimac, mezimac


 * Bulgarian: домашен любимец (domášen ljubímets)
 * Dutch: huisdier
 * German: Haustier


 * Hungarian: háziállat, házi kedvenc
 * Norwegian: kjæledyr
 * Swedish: husdjur

Verb

 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: гали, милува


 * Norwegian: kjæle
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ласкать,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мазити, миловати
 * Roman: maziti,


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: hyväillä
 * French:
 * Macedonian: гали, милува
 * Norwegian: kjæle, kose med, kjærtegne


 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ласкать
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мазити, миловати
 * Roman: maziti,


 * Finnish: hyväillä
 * French: se peloter


 * Macedonian: се гали
 * Russian: ласкаться

Derived terms

 * pet cemetery
 * pet name
 * pet peeve
 * pet project


 * pet shop
 * pet store
 * petting
 * teacher's pet

Anagrams

 * Pte

Noun

 * 1) cap

Noun

 * 1)  fart

Etymology
From peditum:.

Noun

 * 1)  fart, gas, flatulence

Noun

 * 1)  chest, thorax

Etymology
From pectus:.

Numeral

 * 1)  five (5)

Cardinal number

 * 1)  five (5)