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pet peeve


pet peeve

noun

: something that annoys or bothers a person very much

Full Definition of PET PEEVE

:  a frequent subject of complaint
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Examples of PET PEEVE

  1. One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.

First Known Use of PET PEEVE

circa 1919

Rhymes with PET PEEVE

Abib, achieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cap sleeve, conceive, deceive, French leave, frost heave, Hoccleve, inweave, khedive, motive, naive, perceive, plain weave, qui vive, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, shore leave, sick leave, unreeve, unweave, upheave

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