English words for 'Suitable for petting.'
Closest matches for "Suitable for petting." are ranked by semantic fit across dictionary definitions.
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verb
noun
verb
- fondle or pet affectionately
- (intransitive) Of a person: to caress, fondle, or pet another person; of two people: to caress, fondle, or pet each other; also, to have sexual intercourse; to make love.
- (figurative) To cajole or persuade (someone).
- To caress, fondle, or pet (someone); also, to have sexual intercourse with (someone); to make love with.
noun
noun
noun
verb
verb
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.
- To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
- To gently rain.
- To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- hit lightly
adj
adv
noun
noun
- Any cute dog, regardless of age.
- A young, inexperienced person.
- (sex, slang) Someone who participates in pup play (the sexual practice of role-playing as a young dog).
- (horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
- (chiefly US, newspapers, publishing) An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.
- A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
- (chiefly Alaska) A small tributary or feeder stream in the US state of Alaska.
- (film, television) A kind of small spotlight.
- A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
- an inexperienced young person
- young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
verb
noun
- A brush used to groom animals.
- One who cleans the inside of an airplane between flights.
- A person who takes care for another person's appearance and clothing.
- (uncommon) One who cares for their own personal appearance.
- (skiing, slang) A piste serviced by snow groomers.
- A tool used to trim a person's hair.
- A person who or an animal (the groomee) which cares for an animal by brushing and cleaning.
- (colloquial) One who attempts to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually.
verb
- (transitive) To pet.
- (transitive) To disturb (a person)
- (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
- (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
- (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust
- (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- care for like a mother
noun
noun
- A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A younger such worker.
- A young man.
- (informal, especially with a possessive) A male friend.
- (BDSM) A male submissive.
- A male child.
- (informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
- (endearing, colloquial) Any tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy.
- (endearing, diminutive) A male human younger than the speaker.
- (diminutive, especially with a possessive) A son of any age.
- (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:
- (somewhat childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).
- (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
- (historical or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
- (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
- a youthful male person
- a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- a male human offspring
- (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
intj
verb
adj
noun
noun
- A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.
- (figurative) A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover.
noun
- A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
- A female child.
- (informal) A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
- (sometimes offensive, see usage note) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
- (especially with a possessive) A female friend.
- One's girlfriend.
- (colloquial) A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
- (somewhat childish, as a modifier) A female (tree, gene, etc).
- (card games, slang, uncommon) A queen (the playing card).
- One's daughter.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
- A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
- a young female
- a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
- a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
- a youthful female person
- a female human offspring
verb
noun
- Any canine animal.
- A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
- (nautical, in the plural) Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
- A despicable person.
- A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
- (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
- (by extension) Someone who seeks something.
- A houndfish.
- any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
- someone who is morally reprehensible
verb
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
- (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- free from obstructions
- make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
- make (a surface) shine
adj
- (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- Bland; glib.
- (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- Suave; sophisticated.
- (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- lacking obstructions or difficulties
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
- of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
adv
noun
verb
- (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
- To push with the horns; to butt.
- To spring or rear up.
- (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
- (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- to strike, thrust or shove against
noun
- (by extension) Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
- (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
- A push or shove; a butt.
- (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
- (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
- (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- similar to Tilletia caries
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it
noun
- a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- a special loved one
- a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
- An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- Abbreviation of petition.
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
adj
verb
noun
- Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
- (music) A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
- A little man or being; a dwarf.
- A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
- (zoology) The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- A small fish; a minnow.
- A short poetical encomium.
- A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, ¹⁄₆₀ fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters
- a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
verb
adj
noun
noun
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, euphemistic) A fart.
- (New England) Marshmallow creme.
- (informal, slang) A cloth diaper.
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (UK, roleplaying games) A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
- (LGBTQ) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
- something of little value or significance
- any light downy material
- a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
verb
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
- (informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
- (transitive, slang, by extension) To bring to a state of excitement.
- (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
- (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
- (informal, transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To break wind, to fart.
- erect or fluff up
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
noun
noun
verb
noun
- Any cute dog, regardless of age.
- A young, inexperienced person.
- (sex, slang) Someone who participates in pup play (the sexual practice of role-playing as a young dog).
- (horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
- (chiefly US, newspapers, publishing) An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.
- A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
- (chiefly Alaska) A small tributary or feeder stream in the US state of Alaska.
- (film, television) A kind of small spotlight.
- A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
- an inexperienced young person
- young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
verb
verb
noun
noun
- A brush used to groom animals.
- One who cleans the inside of an airplane between flights.
- A person who takes care for another person's appearance and clothing.
- (uncommon) One who cares for their own personal appearance.
- (skiing, slang) A piste serviced by snow groomers.
- A tool used to trim a person's hair.
- A person who or an animal (the groomee) which cares for an animal by brushing and cleaning.
- (colloquial) One who attempts to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually.
noun
- A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A younger such worker.
- A young man.
- (informal, especially with a possessive) A male friend.
- (BDSM) A male submissive.
- A male child.
- (informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
- (endearing, colloquial) Any tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy.
- (endearing, diminutive) A male human younger than the speaker.
- (diminutive, especially with a possessive) A son of any age.
- (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:
- (somewhat childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).
- (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
- (historical or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
- (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
- a youthful male person
- a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- a male human offspring
- (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
intj
verb
noun
- A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.
- (figurative) A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover.
noun
- A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
- A female child.
- (informal) A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
- (sometimes offensive, see usage note) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
- (especially with a possessive) A female friend.
- One's girlfriend.
- (colloquial) A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
- (somewhat childish, as a modifier) A female (tree, gene, etc).
- (card games, slang, uncommon) A queen (the playing card).
- One's daughter.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
- A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
- a young female
- a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
- a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
- a youthful female person
- a female human offspring
verb
noun
- Any canine animal.
- A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
- (nautical, in the plural) Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
- A despicable person.
- A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
- (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
- (by extension) Someone who seeks something.
- A houndfish.
- any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
- someone who is morally reprehensible
verb
noun
- a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- a special loved one
- a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
- An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- Abbreviation of petition.
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
adj
verb
noun
- Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
- (music) A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
- A little man or being; a dwarf.
- A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
- (zoology) The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- A small fish; a minnow.
- A short poetical encomium.
- A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, ¹⁄₆₀ fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters
- a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
noun
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, euphemistic) A fart.
- (New England) Marshmallow creme.
- (informal, slang) A cloth diaper.
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (UK, roleplaying games) A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
- (LGBTQ) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
- something of little value or significance
- any light downy material
- a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
verb
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
- (informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
- (transitive, slang, by extension) To bring to a state of excitement.
- (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
- (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
- (informal, transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To break wind, to fart.
- erect or fluff up
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
verb
noun
verb
- fondle or pet affectionately
- (intransitive) Of a person: to caress, fondle, or pet another person; of two people: to caress, fondle, or pet each other; also, to have sexual intercourse; to make love.
- (figurative) To cajole or persuade (someone).
- To caress, fondle, or pet (someone); also, to have sexual intercourse with (someone); to make love with.
noun
verb
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.
- To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
- To gently rain.
- To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- hit lightly
adj
adv
noun
verb
- (transitive) To pet.
- (transitive) To disturb (a person)
- (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
- (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
- (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust
- (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- care for like a mother
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
- (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- free from obstructions
- make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
- make (a surface) shine
adj
- (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- Bland; glib.
- (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- Suave; sophisticated.
- (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- lacking obstructions or difficulties
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
- of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
adv
noun
verb
- (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
- To push with the horns; to butt.
- To spring or rear up.
- (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
- (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- to strike, thrust or shove against
noun
- (by extension) Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
- (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
- A push or shove; a butt.
- (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
- (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
- (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- similar to Tilletia caries
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it