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Dictionary definition for: Pet

1. (n) a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

2. (v) stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb"

3. (s) preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"

4. (n) a special loved one

5. (v) stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

6. (n) a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

7. (n) using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

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