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pattings
n. (plural of patting English)
Usage examples of "pattings".
When she'd done that, she patiently rolled each larva to its new site, with many pattings and turnings and hummings.
When the solicited pattings were not forthcoming, he purred for awhile in a friendly sort of way, flopped back on his side, curled his tail around his nose, and slept again.