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Definition of pet adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pet

adjective

NAmE//pɛt//

[only before noun]

that you are very interested in his pet subject/theory/project, etc. see pet name

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somebody's pet peeve

something that you particularly dislike

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