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  • adjective Suitable for petting.

Etymologies

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pet +‎ -able

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Examples

  • The panelists talked about stuff they were very tired of seeing, much of which can be avoided if you remember that substantial chunks of the human race are disabled in one way or another and remain actual human beings -- but that doesn't take care of all of it, and then our friend research rears its soft and pettable head again.

    mrissa: Minicon report, with digressions mrissa 2010

  • Examples include Airhouses sleeping two-10, from £350-£1,550 per week on 600 acres of farmland in the Scottish Borders, with outside hot tubs, and pettable pet pigs and Shetland ponies.

    UK cottages: a guide to leading rental companies 2012

  • Tim Urban's pettable hair is a distant memory as teen hair/singing sensation Bieber takes the stage, singing "U Smile" and "Baby," and basks in the shrieking tween girls everywhere.

    'Idol' sets final two on results night 2010

  • Though they nearly all look pettable, not every dog likes to be petted.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • Though they nearly all look pettable, not every dog likes to be petted.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • When I got home, one of my cats, Sven, was stretched out on the floor to make himself as adorable and pettable as possible.

    Gizmodo Mark Wilson 2011

  • Werner told the Press-Enterprise that she was especially sad that the lizards were stolen, calling them the most gentle and the most pettable.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • They are capable of living indoors if you don't mind their keeping a distance and are occasionally pettable, although not likely to become lap cats.

    Pittsburgh Indymedia Voices For Animals of Western PA 2010

  • Don't ignore the fact that, cognitively, there's a hell of a lot of space in my (and most people's, I suspect) brain between real kitten (fuzzy, air-breathing, clawed, pettable, warm and cuddly furballs, well suited to lying on my bed) and

    My Left Wing - Front Page 2009

  • WFMU record fair with the first ever WFMU DJ Petting Zoo featuring pettable pet Bryce (watch out though - he sometimes bites) at the Metropolitan Pavilion Friday, Saturday, & Sunday.

    WFMU's Beware of the Blog 2009

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