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petting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpɛtɪŋ/
  • [ˈpʰɛɾɪŋ]

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
    • 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.' 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pettings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

heavy petting · petting zoo · petting party

Relateds

foreplay

Translations (29)

hu petting (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · hu simogatás (stroking or fondling an animal) · ja ペッティング (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · fi suukottelu (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · fi pettinki (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · hu babusgatás (stroking or fondling an animal) · hu szeretgetés (stroking or fondling an animal) · it limonata (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · mi tākunekune, tākunekunetanga (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · es caricia (stroking or fondling an animal) · ru не́жничанье (stroking or fondling an animal) · cmn 撫摸 /抚摸 (stroking or fondling an animal) · ga peataíocht (stroking or fondling an animal) · fr pelotage (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · ru ла́ски (stroking or fondling an animal) · ga peataireacht (stroking or fondling an animal) · hu pettingezés (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · ru пе́ттинг (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · pl petting (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · cmn 撫摸 /抚摸 (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · fi silittely (stroking or fondling an animal) · it pomiciata (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · fi halailu (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · es popamiento (stroking or fondling an animal) · it amoreggiamento (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · fr tripotage (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · de Petting (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · ru ла́ски (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) · ru не́жничанье (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner)

petting en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpɛtɪŋ/
  • [ˈpʰɛɾɪŋ]

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of pet
    form of pet
    • I am petting my rabbit.

Deriveds

pettingly