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Definition: Petting |
PettingNoun1. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "petting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1817. (references) |
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Petting is the act of a human stroking an animal's fur (mostly cats and dogs) for mutual pleasure. By extension, it also means humans stroking and embracing each other. In the latter case the act often has a sexual connotation, eg. 'heavy petting' (mutual masturbation).See also: foreplay
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Petting is a small municipality in the district Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the shore of the Waginger See, a diluvial lake. Population 2285.The first mention of the municipality was in 1048 with the name Pettinga, however it is possible that the settlement was already existing at the time of the Roman empire. In 1180 it came into the ownership of the monastery St. Zeno.
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Official website of the municipality (German)Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Petting, Germany."
Synonyms: PettingSynonyms: caressing (n), cuddling (n), fondling (n), hugging (n), kissing (n), necking (n), smooching (n), snuggling (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Endearment | Noun: endearment, caress; blandishment, blandiment; _panchement, fondling, billing and cooing, dalliance, necking, petting, sporting, sparking, hanky-panky; caressing. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Petting |
| Specialty definitions using "petting": ANIMAL-NURSERY WORKER ♦ children's zoo caretaker. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Petting" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (petting), Italian (petting). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Is it an evil petting zoo (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers) An evil petting zoo (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers.) No! Maybe like work in a petting zoo. (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers.) Yeah, he's an entire petting zoo, Mom. (Less Than Perfect; writing credit: David Blum; Tom Hertz) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Petting Preferred (1934) The Petting Zoo (2002) Heavy Petting (1991) Hard Petting (1987) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Public Affairs Specialist Chris Coulon petting horses near small farm pond in pasture with horses. Allegan County, Michigan. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Cowboy petting his horse. Cattle ranch near Spur, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Little girl petting calf. Tenant purchase client near Weslaco, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Billy Goat" by Velda Christensen Commentary: "Here's a cutie I found at the petting zoo." |
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Health | You cannot get rabies by petting an animal. (references) | |
By petting or handling household cats and dogs infected with the E. multilocularis tapeworm. (references) | ||
Other contact, such as petting a rabid animal or contact with the blood, urine or feces (e.g., guano) of a rabid animal, does not constitute an exposure and is not an indication for prophylaxis. (references) | ||
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| "Petting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 65.00% of the time. "Petting" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 65% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 10% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "petting": petting zoo. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "petting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | ملامسة (palpation), ملاطفة (caress, civility, courtesy, friendliness, kind treatment, kindness). (various references) | |
Chinese | 宠爱 (Petted). (various references) | |
French | pelotage, caresse. (various references) | |
German | knutschend. (various references) | |
Greek | γλυκοζαχάρωμα, χάιδεμα, θωπεία (cajolery, caress, stroke, wheedling). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מזמוז (flirtation, flirting, necking, softening), לטיפה (caress, fondling, stroke), לטוף (caressing, fondling). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bercumbu-cumbuan (joke flirtatiously). (various references) | |
Italian | petting. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ペスト菌 (pedal, pedantic, pedantism, pedantry, pessary, pet, PET bottle, pet name, petticoat, petticoat government, petunia, plague bacillus). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ペッティング . (various references) | |
Korean | 귀여워함. (various references) | |
Manx | nuiddraghys (caress, embrace, embracing, necking, sport, sport with girl). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ettingpay.(various references) | |
Romanian | pipãialã. (various references) | |
Russian | нежничанье (necking), ласки, баловать баловство (pampering). (various references) | |
Spanish | caricias (caresses, necking). (various references) | |
Turkish | sevişme (copulative, lay, love making, making love), ilişkiye girmeden sevişme. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | пестощі (caress), панькання. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "petting": pettings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "petting": pipetting. (additional references) | |
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"Petting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Epting, Etting, pactting, pattin, Pattini, peating, Pedxing, penting, pething, petin, Petingo, Petrin, Petrinja, Pettaugh, Petten, petti, Pettingoe, Peutinger, Pfetzing, pittanga, pittine, poeting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "petting" (pronounced pe"ting) |
| 4 | -e" t i ng | abetting, begetting, besetting, betting, Fetting, forgetting, fretting, getting, jetting, letting, netting, offsetting, regretting, setting, sweating, upsetting, vetting, wetting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, formulating, fragmenting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-n-p-t-t" | |
-2 letters: genip, inept, petit, petti, tinge. | |
-3 letters: gent, gien, nett, nite, pein, pent, pine, ping, pint, tent, tine, ting, tint. | |
-4 letters: eng, gen, get, gie, gin, gip, git, net, nip, nit, peg, pen, pet, pie, pig, pin, pit, teg, ten, tet, tie, tin, tip. | |
-5 letters: en, et, in, it, ne, pe, pi, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-n-p-t-t" | |
+1 letter: pettings, pettling, tempting. | |
+2 letters: patenting, pattering, pipetting, pottering, prettying, puttering, repotting, tiptoeing, upsetting. | |
+3 letters: attempting, dipnetting, pargetting, patterning, permitting, precutting, presetting, pretasting, pretesting, pretexting, protecting, protesting, replotting, respotting, spattering, spectating, sputtering, tempesting, temptingly, trumpeting. | |
+4 letters: attempering, crepitating, expatiating, extirpating, guttersnipe, impetrating, pacesetting, patternings, penetrating, petitioning, pirouetting, postediting, potteringly, poussetting, pretreating, prettifying, resplitting, spaghettini, splattering, spluttering, stenotyping, tapestrying, teleporting, tippytoeing, trapnesting, typecasting, typesetting, typewriting, uptightness. | |
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