Verb
The word is derived from pet
of Pet
Source: Webster's dictionaryYou have grown abominably lazy, and you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly people, instead of being loved and respected by wise ones. Louisa May Alcott
No one wants to read a story where I saw a cute puppy on the street and I petted it. I mean, that's not funny. I only write about the funny stuff. Tucker Max
'Stress' was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification. Julie Burchill
Young love is errant, but it needs to get around; The time and practice make it strong and sound. That bull you fear, you petted when it wasn't big; What now you sleep beneath was once a twig. That little stream, in gaining waters as it goes, Grows stronger, till at last a river flows. Ovid
I was in classes sometimes where I was the only Black person and tend to either get ignored or get petted on the head a lot. Neither is in the slightest useful so I was eager to get away from that and Harlan was not interested in doing either. Octavia Butler
I petted the pussy. Robert Butts