| petter | (noun) a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one | Synonyms: fondler |
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| petticoat | (noun) undergarment worn under a skirt | Synonyms: half-slip, underskirt |
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| petticoated | (adjective) wearing or furnished with a petticoat | - |
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| pettifog | (verb) argue over petty things | Synonyms: bicker, brabble, niggle, quibble, squabble |
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| pettifogger | (noun) a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods | Synonyms: shyster |
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| (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviler, caviller, quibbler |
| pettifoggery | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, spat, squabble, tiff |
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| pettily | (adverb) in a petty way | - |
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| pettiness | (noun) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | Synonyms: puniness, slightness, triviality |
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| (noun) lack of generosity in trifling matters | Synonyms: littleness, smallness |
| (noun) narrowness of mind or ideas or views | - |
| petting | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, smooching, snuggling |
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| pettish | (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
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| pettishly | (adverb) in a petulant manner | Synonyms: irritably, petulantly, testily |
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| pettishness | (noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger | Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, snappishness, surliness, temper |
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| petty | (adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, subaltern |
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| (adjective) contemptibly narrow in outlook | Synonyms: small-minded |
| (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
| (noun) larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) | Synonyms: petit larceny, petty larceny |