pet
verb/pet/
/pet/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pet | /pet/ /pet/ |
| he / she / it pets | /pets/ /pets/ |
| past simple petted | /ˈpetɪd/ /ˈpetɪd/ |
| past participle petted | /ˈpetɪd/ /ˈpetɪd/ |
| -ing form petting | /ˈpetɪŋ/ /ˈpetɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] pet somebody/something to touch or move your hand gently over an animal or a child in a kind and loving way
- He petted the dog and ruffled its fur.
- [intransitive] (informal) (of two people) to kiss and touch each other in a sexual way see also petting
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a noun; originally Scots and northern English): of unknown origin.
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