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Definition of Peeve
1. Verb. Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful. "The performance is likely to peeve Sue"
2. Noun. An annoyed or irritated mood.
Definition of Peeve
1. Noun. An annoyance or grievance. ¹
2. Verb. To annoy; vex. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peeve
1. to annoy [v PEEVED, PEEVING, PEEVES] - See also: annoy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peeve
Literary usage of Peeve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Growing Readers: Units Of Study In The Primary Classroom by Kathy Collins (2004)
"For example, I have a friend whose pet peeve is when people cut in line. ...
Last year I had a student whose pet peeve was when kids would leave tissues on ..."
2. Collections by Malone Society, Virginia Historical Society (1907)
"... give me grace I peeve by your comunication and Ingenious talke ye can ...
wyth youe a part 200. se crossed out before peeve. ..."
3. Songs from the Trenches: The Soul of the A.E.F. by Herbert Adams Gibbons (1918)
"What wonder that he has a peeve and dyes the ether blue? He reads the lies, the
gush, of fools who know not what they do; The countless boobs who have no ..."
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