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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A veterinarian.
  2. v. To subject to veterinary evaluation, examination, medication, or surgery.
  3. v. To subject to thorough examination or evaluation: vet a manuscript.
  4. v. To engage in the practice of veterinary medicine.
  5. n. Informal A veteran.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An abbreviation of veteran
  2. n. of veterinary.
  3. n. A colloquial contraction of veterinary (surgeon).

Wiktionary

  1. n. A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
  2. n. A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces).
  3. v. To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. work as a veterinarian
  2. n. a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
  3. v. examine carefully
  4. n. a person who has served in the armed forces
  5. v. provide (a person) with medical care
  6. v. provide veterinary care for

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  • slumry The colloquial sense of "subject to careful examination" comes from Kipling. Well, knock me over with a feather. Jul 11, 2007

‘vet’ has been looked up 3086 times, loved by 1 person, added to 19 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 6.