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petting

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See also: Petting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰɛɾɪŋ]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Verb

petting

  1. present participle and gerund of pet
    I am petting my rabbit.

Noun

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.'

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpetːiŋ/, [ˈpe̞t̪ːiŋ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈpetiŋ/, [ˈpe̞t̪iŋ]
  • Rhymes: -etːiŋ
  • Syllabification(key): pet‧ting
  • Hyphenation(key): pet‧ting

Noun

petting (informal)

  1. (sex) alternative form of pettinki

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English petting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.tiŋk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtiŋk
  • Syllabification: pe‧tting

Noun

petting m inan

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

Declension

Further reading

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

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