heavy petting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌheavy ˈpetting noun [uncountable] old-fashioned SYsexual activities that do not involve actually having sex 性爱抚
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heavy petting• Its the underhand way you went about the heavy petting and damp carry-on, Douglas.• She hadn't enjoyed the heavy petting that her peers took for granted.ˌheavy ˈpetting nounChineseSyllable
do sexual Corpus that having involve actually activities sex not
heavy petting
ˌheavy ˈpetting
noun [uncountable] old-fashioned
sexual activities that do not involve actually having sex
ˌheavy ˈpetting
noun [uncountable] old-fashionedsexual activities that do not involve actually having sex