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pettings

pettings is the plural of petting.

Meaning of petting

Noun

petting (countable and uncountable, plural pettings)

  1. The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
  2. The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
  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

Questions about pettings

What is pettings the plural of?
Pettings is the plural of petting.

Words near pettings in the dictionary

  1. Pettinger
  2. Pettingers
  3. Pettingill
  4. Pettingills
  5. pettingly
  6. pettings
  7. pettipants
  8. pettis
  9. Pettis County
  10. pettish
  11. pettishly

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