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▪ I. ˈpetting, ppl. a.
[f. pet v.1 + -ing2.]
That pets. Hence ˈpettingly adv., in a petting manner.
1895Kipling 2nd Jungle Bk. 180 ‘Aowa! Aowa!’ said Mowgli pettingly, ‘I have killed one striped ape.’
▪ II. petting, vbl. n.|ˈpɛtɪŋ|
[f. pet v.1 + -ing1.]
1. Indulgence, fondling.
1873Black Pr. Thule iii, The young man escaped a great deal of the ordinary consequences of this petting. 1883Bp. Thorold Yoke of Christ (1884) 37 A little tender petting does her a great deal of good. 1889Athenæum 27 Apr. 534/1 His fatherly affection for his children..takes the form of unreasonable petting.
2. In the sense of pet v.1 b: the action of amatory caressing and fondling; non-coital sexual activity. Also attrib. See also heavy petting s.v. heavy a.1 13.
1920[see sense 3 below]. 1922S. Lewis Babbitt xviii. 228 Babbitt had heard stories of what the Athletic Club called ‘goings-on’ at young parties; of girls ‘parking’ their corsets in the dressing-room, of ‘cuddling’ and ‘petting’, and a presumable increase in what was known as Immorality. 1928J. P. McEvoy Show Girl 11 They have no time to perfect their petting technique. 1929B. Russell Marriage & Morals xii. 126 There is so much ‘petting’ and ‘necking’ that the absence of complete intercourse can only be viewed as a perversion. 1933Auden Dance of Death 25 Gay girl to whom petting Matters so much Poor kid, the reason's You're out of touch With flowers and such. 1947Partisan Rev. XIV. 273 When the couple finally reached the stage of mild petting in the living room, Ruth in the kitchen listened with a mixture of pleasure and distaste. 1948A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior in Human Male xvi. 531 This behavior is known to the younger generation as petting, although certain other terms are applied to certain types of contacts. Those which are confined to latitudes not lower than the neck are sometimes known as necking, and petting is distinguished from the heavy petting which involves a deliberate stimulation of the female breast, or of the male or female genitalia. Ibid., In the present volume the term ‘petting’ has been applied to any sort of physical contact which does not involve a union of genitalia but in which there is a deliberate attempt to effect erotic arousal. 1956S. Ertz Charmed Circle 62 Indulging in a pastime that was highly popular with the young... They had been ‘necking’ or ‘petting’. 1958M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour x. 123 ‘Petting to climax’ was as common among Kinsey's devout men as for the non-religious. A smaller proportion of Kinsey's devout female sample reported this, but Chesser's devout women reported as much ‘petting’ as the others. 1960, etc. [see heavy a.1 13]. 1971A. F. Guttmacher Understanding Sex iv. 52 There are many degrees of petting, from holding each other in your arms to mutually manipulating the genitals..without actually having sexual intercourse. 1976N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 May 20/4 Since the time of Kinsey there have been some important changes:..a decline in petting..and an increase in copulation.
3. Comb., as petting party, a social gathering at which petting is the principal activity.
1920F. Scott Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. ii. 64 That great current American phenomenon, the ‘petting party’. 1926A. Huxley Jesting Pilate iv. 265 Hymns and the movies and Irving Berlin. Petting Parties and the First Free United Episcopal Methodist Church. Jazz it up! 1934R. Chandler in Black Mask Oct. 28/1 The prowl car takes a slant down it [sc. the old road] now and then looking for petting parties. 1946[see half-virgin s.v. half- II n]. 1973A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair viii. 91 Drinking parties, drug parties, petting parties. Mostly youngsters.
Add:[3.] petting zoo N. Amer., a children's zoo or special zoological display at which visitors may handle and feed the animals.
1978Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. 6b/4 Fiesta Village..includes a *petting zoo for youngsters. 1986Philadelphia Inquirer 11 July e15/1 Cougar habitat, children's petting zoo, monkey habitat, live-animal shows, [etc.]. |