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petsit

petsit verb: to babysit for (take care of) a pet.

Verb

petsit (third-person singular simple present petsits, present participle petsitting, simple past and past participle petsat or (uncommon) petsitted)

  1. To babysit for (take care of) a pet.
    • Sam, Jo, Matthew, and Katie have been hired to petsit Trixie-Belle, a very aristocratic Yorkshire Terrier.1998, Tessa Krailing, Trixie and the Cyber Pet, page 98
    • If you don't want to make the longterm commitment of taking on a pet, offer to petsit for a friend.2008, David Bordon, Tom Winters, 101 Things You Should Do Before Going to Heaven

Forms of petsit

third-person singular presentpetsits
present participlepetsitting
past participlepetsat
pastpetsat
past participle uncommonpetsitted
past uncommonpetsitted
alternative formpet-sit
alternative formpet sit

Origin of petsit

By analogy with babysit.

Questions about petsit

What does petsit mean?
Petsit means to babysit for (take care of) a pet.
What part of speech is petsit?
Petsit is a verb.
What is the past tense of petsit?
The past tense of petsit is petsat.

Words near petsit in the dictionary

  1. Petsches
  2. PETSCII
  3. petship
  4. petshop
  5. petshops
  6. petsit
  7. petsits
  8. petsitted
  9. petsitter
  10. petsitters
  11. petsitting

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