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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pet-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛt ɪŋ

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Définition of pettings

Origin :
  • 1873, "fondling indulgence," verbal noun from pet (v.). Meaning "amorous caressing, foreplay" is from 1920 (in F. Scott Fitzgerald).
  • As in indulgence : noun luxury; gratification
  • As in necking : noun kissing
  • As in touch : noun physical contact
  • As in kissing : noun osculation
  • As in caress : noun loving touch
  • As in tactility : noun touch
  • As in foreplay : noun fondling
Example sentences :
  • There would be no pettings and caressings from her, that was quite certain.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
  • Civilly, he would endure the pettings of these visiting outlanders.
  • Extract from : « Lad: A Dog » by Albert Payson Terhune
  • He took the pettings seriously, and fretted over women not worth saddling a pony to call upon.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
  • But just then, Miss Baby having had enough of Mrs. Prideaux' pettings, set up a shout.
  • Extract from : « Nurse Heatherdale's Story » by Mary Louisa Molesworth
  • He was restless, till he became a willing slave to that woman's smiles, caresses and pettings.
  • Extract from : « A California Girl » by Edward Eldridge
  • Poor fool, he could not see that her kind talk and pettings were only a means employed to gain her end.
  • Extract from : « A California Girl » by Edward Eldridge
  • The attachment of the parents to their children is touching, though it is never expressed in words or pettings.
  • Extract from : « Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure » by Edward Carpenter
  • All the adored Mistress' coaxings and pettings could not rouse Lad from his dull apathy of despair.
  • Extract from : « Lad: A Dog » by Albert Payson Terhune
  • She submitted, a little as the pampered kitten had before submitted to her own pettings.
  • Extract from : « The Lions of the Lord » by Harry Leon Wilson

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