pet project

pet project
A project, activity or goal pursued as a personal favorite, rather than because it is generally accepted as necessary or important.

Dont bother him about his pet project. Youll never tear him away from it.


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  • Project POOCH — (POOCH is an acronym for Positive Opportunities, Obvious Change with Hounds ) is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that aims to rehabilitate incarcerated youths by actively training difficult to adopt dogs.In 1993, the program was started by… …   Wikipedia

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  • project — I UK [ˈprɒdʒekt] / UK [ˈprəʊdʒekt] / US [ˈprɑdʒekt] noun [countable] Word forms project : singular project plural projects *** a) a planned piece of work that has a particular aim, especially one that is organized by a government, company, or… …   English dictionary

  • project — proj|ect1 [ pradʒekt ] noun count *** 1. ) a planned piece of work that has a particular aim, especially one that is organized by a government, company, or other organization: an energy conservation project project for: a French inspired project… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • project — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 planned piece of work ADJECTIVE ▪ ambitious, big, huge, large, large scale, major, massive ▪ He embarked on an ambitious project to translate all the works of Plato …   Collocations dictionary

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  • pet — pet1 [ pet ] noun count ** 1. ) an animal or bird that you keep in your home and take care of a ) only before noun kept as a pet or relating to pets: a pet dog/rabbit pet owners a pet shop 2. ) BRITISH SPOKEN used for talking to someone in a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pet — I UK [pet] / US noun [countable] Word forms pet : singular pet plural pets ** 1) a) an animal or bird that you keep in your home and look after b) [only before noun] kept as a pet or relating to pets a pet dog/rabbit pet owners a pet shop 2)… …   English dictionary

  • pet — pet1 [pet] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from petty small ] 1.) an animal such as a cat or a dog which you keep and care for at home ▪ Rabbits can make very good pets. pet dog/cat/bird etc ▪ He was bitten by his pet dog. ▪ pet food ▪ a pet… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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