brivet

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/ˈbɹɪvɪt/

verb

To wander an area, or look through items, without specific purpose or to satisfy idle curiosity, especially in a furtive and illicit manner.

“Once Melanie had left the house, I entered her bedroom and began to brivet around.”

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Meanings

verbbrivet (third-person singular simple present brivets, present participle briveting or brivetting, simple past and past participle briveted or brivetted)

present singular third person brivets · participle present briveting · participle present brivetting · participle past briveted · past briveted · participle past brivetted · past brivetted · alternative brivit

  1. UKWest MidlandsintransitiveTo wander an area, or look through items, without specific purpose or to satisfy idle curiosity, especially in a furtive and illicit manner.

    Once Melanie had left the house, I entered her bedroom and began to brivet around.

    1 more example

    And all the time she'd be brivetting about on the sly with any good-for-nothing young rascals she could get hold on.

    1920, Eric Leadbitter, Shepherd's warning, page 148

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Vibert
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APA

brivet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brivet

MLA

“brivet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brivet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brivet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brivet.

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