petting

See also: Petting

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Verb

petting

present participle of pet
I am petting my rabbit.

Noun

petting (countable and uncountable, plural pettings)

The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
- 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

heavy petting

Translations

stroking or fondling an animal

Chinese:
Mandarin: 撫摸 (zh), 抚摸 (zh) (fǔmō)
Finnish: silittely

Hungarian: simogatás (hu), szeretgetés, babusgatás (hu)
Irish: peataireacht f, peataíocht f
Russian: ла́ски (ru) f pl (láski), не́жничанье n (néžničanʹje)

kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner

Chinese:
Mandarin: 撫摸 (zh), 抚摸 (zh) (fǔmō)
Finnish: suukottelu, halailu (fi)
French: pelotage (fr) m, tripotage (fr) m
German: Petting (de) n

Hungarian: petting, pettingezés
Japanese: ペッティング (pettingu)
Polish: petting (pl) m
Russian: пе́ттинг (ru) m (pɛ́tting), не́жничанье n (néžničanʹje), (сексуальные (seksualʹnyje)) ла́ски (ru) f pl (láski)

See also

foreplay

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