heavy petting

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === heavy petting (uncountable) (dated outside furry fandom) Sexual groping; erotic horseplay; foreplay. === 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.