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teacher's pet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher.
   • As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school.
   • Her friends are so jealous / You know how bad girls get / Sometimes it's not so easy / To be the teacher's pet. 1980, “Don't Stand So Close to Me”, Sting (lyrics), performed by The Police:
   • In fact, she said, he [Tyler Robinson] had the personality of a teacher’s pet, always on time, respectful, hardworking, and smart. 2025 September 12, “Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect, Went From Scholarship Winner to Wanted Man”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Forms

Hypernyms

fair-haired boy · blue-eyed boy

Translations (22)

sv fjäskare (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · it favorito (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · is kennarasleikja (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · fi opettajan lellikki (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · ru люби́мчик (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · da yndligselev (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · ja 先生のひいき (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · it cocco della maestra (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · pl pupil (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · it cocco (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · fr chouchou (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · et õpetaja lemmik (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · it beniamino (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · tr öğretmenin gözdesi (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · cmn 老師的走狗 /老师的走狗 (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · ru учи́тельский люби́мчик (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · th ศิษย์โปรด (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · it prediletto (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · th ศิษย์รัก (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · af witbroodjie (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · sv lärarens favorit (student perceived to be favored by the teacher) · de Lehrers Liebling (student perceived to be favored by the teacher)