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  • verb Present participle of peeve.

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Examples

  • MOST peeving. on February 2, 2010 at 4: 15 pm allcoppedout

    See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • What's really peeving me off is how some are starting to treat console owners as better.

    Ten for 2010: the 10 most-anticipated games coming in the new year Boing Boing 2009

  • We went to war in Iraq – disrupting supplies, destabilizing the region, and peeving off a bunch of oil rich countries.

    In radio ad, McCain jabs Obama on Cuba talks 2008

  • In a region where Taiwan might be quietly building relationships as a counterweight to China, instead, the island is peeving its neighbors, with cowboy visits as Vietnam protests a planned ROC government official visit to the Spratlys:

    Archive 2008-05-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • Likewise, my iPhone's cleverness makes its handful of shortcomings all the more peeving.

    Earnings Momentum 2008

  • At this point I am very far from peeving about SGA, because I don't see people doing that to Carson or Radek, and more just about prose in general.

    June 11th, 2005 2005

  • I also find it peeving that there are folks who insist that most of the litbloggers out there are rank amatuers,who only put biased reviews or sarcastic ones.

    Question: What Reviews Do You Read, and Why? Book Nerd 2007

  • There is no way Taiwan can exercise its democracy -- indeed, make almost any autonomous international decision -- without peeving China...and it should be noted, China gets "provoked" because "being provoked" is how China achieves leverage over Taiwan -- bullying the international community into complicity in suppressing Taiwan's democratic development and international space.

    Ted Galen Carpenter on US and Taiwan Defense Policy Michael Turton 2007

  • I also find it peeving that there are folks who insist that most of the litbloggers out there are rank amatuers,who only put biased reviews or sarcastic ones.

    Archive 2007-05-23 Book Nerd 2007

  • I also find it peeving that there are folks who insist that most of the litbloggers out there are rank amatuers,who only put biased reviews or sarcastic ones.

    Comment Roundup: Where You Get Your Reviews, And Why Book Nerd 2007

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