[
UK
/pˈɛtɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈpɛtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
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.