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pet peeves

pet peeves is the plural of pet peeve.

Meaning of pet peeve

Noun

pet peeve (plural pet peeves)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.
    • Forgetting to finish a sentence with a period is one of my pet peeves.
    Synonyms:
    bugbear, pet hate

Questions about pet peeves

What is pet peeves the plural of?
Pet peeves is the plural of pet peeve.

Words near pet peeves in the dictionary

  1. pet lamp-shade
  2. pet lamp-shades
  3. pet name
  4. pet names
  5. pet peeve
  6. pet peeves
  7. pet phrase
  8. pet phrases
  9. pET plasmid
  10. pET plasmids
  11. pet play

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