petting

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰɛɾɪŋ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

petting

1. present participle and gerund of pet

   I am petting my rabbit.

petting (countable and uncountable, plural pettings)

1. The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
2. (sex) The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
3. The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
   • 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives:

     'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'

• heavy petting
• petting party
• petting zoo

• foreplay

• IPA^(key): /ˈpetːiŋː/, [ˈpe̞t̪ːiŋː]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpetiŋː/, [ˈpe̞t̪iŋː]
• Rhymes: -etːiŋː
• Syllabification^(key): pet‧ting

petting (informal)

1. (sex) Alternative form of pettinki.

• “petting”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Unadapted borrowing from English petting.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.tiŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtiŋk
• Syllabification: pe‧tting

petting m inan

1. (sex) petting (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner)

• petting in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• petting in Polish dictionaries at PWN