my pet peeve
21peeve — n. one s pet peeve * * * [piːv] one s pet peeve …
22pet — pet1 [ pet ] noun count ** 1. ) an animal or bird that you keep in your home and take care of a ) only before noun kept as a pet or relating to pets: a pet dog/rabbit pet owners a pet shop 2. ) BRITISH SPOKEN used for talking to someone in a… …
23pet — I UK [pet] / US noun [countable] Word forms pet : singular pet plural pets ** 1) a) an animal or bird that you keep in your home and look after b) [only before noun] kept as a pet or relating to pets a pet dog/rabbit pet owners a pet shop 2)… …
24pet — pet1 [pet] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from petty small ] 1.) an animal such as a cat or a dog which you keep and care for at home ▪ Rabbits can make very good pets. pet dog/cat/bird etc ▪ He was bitten by his pet dog. ▪ pet food ▪ a pet… …
25peeve — noun (C) informal something that annoys you: pet peeve: Car alarms going off at night is one of my pet peeves …
26pet — 1 noun (C) 1 an animal such as a cat or a dog which you keep and look after at home: Rabbits can make very good pets. | a pet tortoise see also: teacher s pet 2 BrE spoken a way of addressing someone who you like or love 3 be in a pet BrE old… …
27pet hate — (someone s) pet hate British & Australian, American something that you do not like at all. A pet hate of ours is telephone salesmen who phone just as we re sitting down to watch TV. Cleaning the bathroom is my pet peeve …
28peeve — Synonyms and related words: abhorrence, abomination, aggravate, anathema, annoy, antipathy, arouse, aversion, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, beset, bitch, bitching, bone to pick, bother, bristle, brown off,… …
29peeve — v 1. annoy, irritate, vex, provoke, pique, irk, nettle, chafe, get on [s.o. s] nerves, tread on [s.o. s] toes, go against the grain, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. aggravate, Inf. miff, Inf. give [s.o.] a pain, Inf. rub [s.o.] the wrong way, Inf. get… …
30peeve — /piv/ (say peev) Colloquial –verb (t) (peeved, peeving) 1. to render peevish. –noun 2. an annoyance: my pet peeve. {backformation from peevish} –peeved, adjective …
