1. petting - Noun
2. petting - Verb
Derived from pet
of Pet
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting him up, and slaving to indulge his follies and caprices. Anne Brontë
I view my own body as a petting zoo. I am the main attraction... And the only customer. Craig Ferguson
The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat. Vernor Vinge
If I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace petting a phoenix by now. Edward Snowden
Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching. Hedy Lamarr
When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers' market with a petting zoo. They put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic. David Schwimmer