petting

[ UK /pˈɛtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
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How To Use petting In A Sentence

  • We had this really strong relationship which had its dose of heavy petting. Everyday Violence
  • I don't pet her too much, as I've already worked out that there's only so much petting a pet can handle before it runs off again.
  • You generally don't need to be paranoid about your money in Mexico but in the cantinas, especially after a couple hours of heavy drinking and petting the precautions you mentioned aforehand are a good idea. Monterrey Help Please
  • Still, it's not just the humdrum reality of cats that puts me off the whole petting café concept. Times, Sunday Times
  • (I hate being a newbie/outsider to insider-speak here ... but am I hoping in dirty-minded vain that 'petting the platypus' is actually a synonym for 'splitting the kitten'?) "I pledge to you all that you wish, the moon and the stars."
  • She smiled softly, petting her cat Sea Monkey gently.
  • A woman, who looked like his mother, was petting him on his back, consoling him.
  • Avoid heavy petting on the couch or bed until you are 100 per cent ready to go the distance with him. The Sun
  • Cells were ruptured by pipetting the resuspension 30 times through a Gilson 200 l tip.
  • Today, I went to a petting zoo to take pictures. I look down to see a goat chewing the sleeve of my new sweater, so as I reached down to get it loose, it started eating my hair.
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