pet
/pɛt/ verb C2- To be petulant or upset; to have a problem with.
He/she/it pets · Past petted · Past participle petted · -ing form petting
Verb forms
- Base form
- pet
- He/she/it
- pets
- Past
- petted
- Past participle
- petted
- -ing form
- petting
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“I mean, because he wants petting.
Sometimes Bagheera the Black Panther would come lounging through the jungle to see how his pet was getting on, and would purr with his head against a tree while Mowgli recited the day’s lesson to Baloo.
It gave him confidence in himself, and when Teddy came running down the path, Rikki-tikki was ready to be petted.
Teddy’s mother might just as well have petted Teddy for playing in the dust.
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