heavy petting

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English

Noun

heavy petting (uncountable)

(dated) Sexual groping; erotic horseplay; foreplay.
- 1999 November 21, William Safire, quoting Melinda Henneberger, “On Language; Trope-a-dope”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
  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.

References

“heavy petting”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“heavy petting”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“heavy petting” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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