petting
noun/ˈpɛtɪŋ/ · [ˈpʰɛɾɪŋ]
1
The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
3
The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
- 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives:
- Derived terms
- heavy petting, petting party, petting zoo
- Related terms
- foreplay