different between petting vs jetting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?t??/, [?p?????]
• Rhymes: -?t??

Verb

petting

1. present participle of pet

   I am petting my rabbit.

Noun

petting (countable and uncountable, plural pettings)

1. The act of stroking or gently patting an animal.
2. The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.
3. The act of indulging or treating as a favourite.
   • 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives

     'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'

Derived terms

• heavy petting

Translations

See also

• foreplay

Polish

Etymology

From English petting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.tink/

Noun

petting m inan

1. (sex) petting (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner)

Declension

Further reading

• petting in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• petting in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??t??/

Verb

jetting

1. present participle of jet

Noun

jetting (countable and uncountable, plural jettings)

1. The application of a jet of liquid, especially to treat livestock against pests.
   • 1947, Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales (volume 57, page 589)

     In bad fly years more than five jettings may be needed. But whatever the conditions, except for rare waves of body-strike, while flies are active station labour can control them by working at jetting for about ten days per month.