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petting
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES heavy petting petting zoo EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Hers had been the generation of petting . ▪ P'raps he just wants a bit of mutual petting . ▪ She hadn't enjoyed the heavy petting that her peers took for granted.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1873, "fondling indulgence," verbal noun from pet (v.). Meaning "amorous caressing, foreplay" is from 1920 (in F. Scott Fitzgerald).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb" stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking [also: petting , petted ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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.
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.