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    [Adjective]  | "pet*ty" | \ ˈpe-tē \


    1: having secondary rank or importance : minor, subordinate

    2: having little or no importance or significance

    3: marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies : small-minded


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English pety small, minor, alteration of petit;

    [Biographical name]  | "Pet*ty" | \ ˈpe-tē \


    1: Sir William 1623—1687 English political economist

    [Noun]  | "petty cash" 


    1: cash kept on hand for payment of minor items


    Origin: 1715 ;

    [Noun]  | "petty larceny" 


    1: petit larceny


    Origin: circa 1580 ;

    [Noun]  | "petty officer" 


    1: a subordinate officer in the navy or coast guard appointed from among the enlisted men


    Origin: 1744 ;

    [Noun]  | "petty officer first class" 


    1: an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a petty officer second class and below a chief petty officer


    Origin: 1878 ;

    [Noun]  | "petty officer second class" 


    1: an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a petty officer third class and below a petty officer first class


    Origin: 1880 ;

    [Noun]  | "petty officer third class" 


    1: an enlisted man in the navy or coast guard ranking above a seaman and below a petty officer second class


    Origin: 1898 ;

    [Noun]  | "petty bourgeois" 


    1: a member of the social class that is between the middle class and the lower class : a member of the lower middle class

    [Noun]  | "petty bourgeoisie" 


    1: a social class that is between the middle class and the lower class : the lower middle class

    [Adjective]  | "petty" 


    1: not broad or open in views or opinions;


      * e.g., " ... a petty little town that was not ethnically diverse and very happy about the situation "





    2: so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention;


      * e.g., " ... obsessed over even petty problems "





    [Noun]  | "petty cash" 


    [Noun]  | "petty cashes" 


    1: as in pocket moneys, spending moneys;


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     [ "petty" ]

    1:  making things, events, or actions normal people dismiss as trivial or insignificant into excuses to be upset, uncooperative, childish, or stubborn. A person who habitually overreacts. A person who is purposefully childish with the intent of illiciting a reaction (sometimes funny). An immature over reaction in retaliation of an undesired outcome.

      * e.g.,  ...  Susie is upset the teacher didn't call on her after answering three times in a row. She's petty. I really don't feel like going over Xenobia's house today, you know shes mad petty. She told me if I change the game I might have a chance so I turned the channel from Knicks to the PGA tour. "Oooooooh so you want to stay out all night?" *changes locks on front door* 

     [ "petty" ]

    1: Me

      * e.g.,  ... I am petty 

     [ "petty" ]

    1: someone who does something in an attempt to hurt another person but really just makes themself look like a fucking idiot

      * e.g.,  ... McKinley keeps subtweeting me, she's so damn petty 

     [ "petty" ]

    1: When someone takes a small subject and blows it out of proportion.

      * e.g.,  ... Daisy: Man, that girl is so petty. She can really make a mountain out of a mole hill. 


     [ "petty" ]

    2: At times, making something otherwise insignificant into something bigger to suit their own agenda.

      * e.g.,  ... Informed Annie: Oh Jesus, the AFA is boycotting Ford just because they posted ads in gay magazines. How petty! 

     [ "petty" ]

    1: someone who dose things on purpose to get a reaction out of someone

      * e.g.,  ... lucy is so petty 

     [ "petty" ]

    1: Someone that is so insignificant as to be almost unworthy of notice, even despicable. Marked by narrowness of mind, ideas, or views. Deliberately nasty for a foolish or trivial reason.

      * e.g.,  ... Florence is so petty she took home all the toilet paper, even the one already on the dispenser, because she was mad that she had no friends, no life, and no clue. 

     [ "petty" ]

    1: Another word for annoying or pathetic

      * e.g.,  ... There's a girl that you don't like and you go sit next to her to deliberately annoy her and to get a reaction which is being petty 

     [ "petty" ]

    1: makes everything a bigger deal than what it really is, starts drama

      * e.g.,  ... "your being so jen rn." (jen=petty) 

     [ "petty" ]

    1: A word that used to describe someone who overreacts to something trivial that offends them, but is now used by illiterates to describe anyone who trolls someone else for any reason.

      * e.g.,  ... Friend: That dude Joe's so petty. He said I laugh like a hyena. 

     [ "petty" ]

    1: somone who thinks they are better than everyone else but in reality they are just fake and a whore.

      * e.g.,  ... katie rolison is a petty little bitch. 

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