Vet
English
Noun
Vet (plural Vets)- (colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
Noun
Vet (plural Vets)- (colloquial) A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces).
Verb
Vet (third-person singular simple present Vets, present participle vetting, simple past and past participle vetted)
- To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
Thesaurus
bone, campaigner, canvass, check over, check up, con, contemplate, dig, drill, elucubrate, examine, examine thoroughly, eye, give the eye, give the once-over, go deep into, go over, grind, hard look, horse doctor, inspect, leer, leer at, look closely at, look over, lucubrate, new, ogle, ogle at, old, old campaigner, old hand, old pro, old salt, old sea dog, old soldier, old-time, old-timer, perlustrate, perscrutate, peruse, plunge into, pore, pore over, practical, practice, practiced, read, regard studiously, restudy, review, salt, scrutinize, seasoned, seasoned veteran, shellback, size up, skilled, study, survey, swot, take a long, take stock of, versed, veteran, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, wade through, war-horse
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛt