Crossword clues for petting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pet \Pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Petted; p. pr. & vb. n. Petting.] To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1873, "fondling indulgence," verbal noun from pet (v.). Meaning "amorous caressing, foreplay" is from 1920 (in F. Scott Fitzgerald).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of stroking or fondling an animal. 2 The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner. 3 The act of indulging or treating as a favourite. vb. (present participle of pet English)
WordNet
n. a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, dearie, deary, ducky]
a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) [syn: positron emission tomography]
See pet
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "petting".
I mean, Reynosa may have ended up having an Astrodome, or a petting zoo or something, but between you and me, I fucken doubt it.
He held Randy in his arms, petting the bristly fur, and he remembered.
The trouble with Bunch is that his home folks have swelled his chest to such an extent by petting his adjectives that he thinks he has Shakespeare on a hot skiddoo for the sand dunes, and when it comes to that poetry thing he thinks he can make Hank Longfellow beat it up a tree.
Rani sighed, stopped petting Zipp and headed down the hall to the kitchen.
Isis had virtually disappeared from view, buried beneath a crowd of excited toddlers jostling each other for the privilege of petting their feline visitor.
A few tentative buttings did not produce the desired petting reflex, so he began to knead her thigh petulantly.
She wasn't sure if she was more mortified to have screamed or to have been caught petting a farm animal.
They not only admired her extravagantly, her high-spiritedness, her figure, her tiny hands and feet, her white skin, but they said so frequently, petting, hugging and kissing her to emphasize their loving words.
The earl was sitting at the end of the carriage, petting the enormous Irish wolfhound.
Vince knew about the slaughter at the Irvine Park petting zoo, the murder of Wes Dalberg, and the men at Bordeaux Ridge.
They took the usual shortcut through Forest Park, but they had a flat tire near the petting zoo.
Observing his playful interaction with the cat, the rest of the children hurried over to join in the fun, rapidly turning Isis into a one-cat petting zoo.
From the last seat in the rear row, with the Petting Zoo reflected in the window behind her, the dog Briseis looked at him.
He headed back to Papa Lani to make the calls and write the paper that would torpedo any hope of Jon Thomas Fuller's ever building a captive dolphin petting zoo on Maui.
Then it was off to the petting zoo for an extended session of touchy-feely-smelly with animals more commonly enjoyed in the kitchen and dining room than roaming at will about the house.