Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heavy petting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: heavy pet-ting
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sexual groping; erotic horseplay; foreplay.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Of Ms. Wolf, Ms. Henneberger wrote, “Her last book, ‘Promiscuities,’ is about girls sexually coming of age and prescribes heavy petting as an alternative to early intercourse.” What a pleasure it was to see heavy petting back in use."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does heavy petting mean?: Sexual groping; erotic horseplay; foreplay.

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