Usually means: Stroking animals to show affection.
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  1. petting: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. petting: Merriam-Webster
  3. petting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. petting: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. petting: Collins English Dictionary
  6. petting: Vocabulary.com
  7. Petting, petting: Wordnik
  8. petting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. petting: Wiktionary
  10. petting: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Petting, petting: Dictionary.com
  12. petting: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Petting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Petting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. petting: Rhymezone
  16. Petting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. petting: FreeDictionary.org
  18. petting: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. petting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. petting: Encyclopedia

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  1. petting: Medical dictionary

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  1. petting: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
noun:  (sex) The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
noun:  The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.

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