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English
Pronunciation
Verb
petting
- present participle and gerund of pet
- I am petting my rabbit.
Noun
petting (countable and uncountable, plural pettings)
- The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
- (sex) The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
- 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.'
Derived terms
Translations
stroking or fondling an animal
kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
petting (informal)
Declension
Further reading
- “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 3 July 2023
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Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
petting m inan
Declension
Declension of petting
Further reading
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