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pettle

pettle verb: to fondle or pet; to pamper.

Verb

pettle (third-person singular simple present pettles, present participle pettling, simple past and past participle pettled)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To fondle or pet; to pamper.

Synonyms of pettle

All synonyms of pettle

Forms of pettle

third-person singular presentpettles
present participlepettling
past participlepettled
pastpettled

Questions about pettle

What does pettle mean?
Pettle means to fondle or pet; to pamper.
What part of speech is pettle?
Pettle is a verb.
What is the past tense of pettle?
The past tense of pettle is pettled.

Words near pettle in the dictionary

  1. pettitoe
  2. pettitoes
  3. Pettits
  4. Pettitt
  5. Pettitts
  6. pettle
  7. pettled
  8. pettles
  9. pettling
  10. Pettman
  11. petto

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