pet
pet is a 3-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
- noun. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.
- noun. A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
- adjective. Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.
- transitive verb. To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.
- intransitive verb. To be a pet.
- noun. using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
- noun. a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- noun. a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
- noun. a special loved one
- verb. stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
- verb. stroke or caress gently
"pet the lamb"
- adjective. preferred above all others and treated with partiality
"the favored child"
Synonyms
darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, favored, preferent, preferred
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pet:
Common word forms
pets, petal, peter, petful, petted, petter, petting
Words from these letters
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