petter

name

1. A surname from Dutch or German.

noun

1. (rare)One who pets.

   “[…] 36) are good sports 37) have a good sense of humor 38) are not sissies 39) do not try to neck on the first date 40) are not routine petters […]”

   “I was always a petter of my horses, teaching them to do some minor tricks.”

verb

1. (rare)To make an irregular, repetitive sound.

   “"What an infernal shower!" ejaculated the baronet, as the rain pettered against his plate glass.”

   “Yet semblable Her mild voice Is, to that blissful sound, in Summer drought ; Of pettering rain, on léaves of parched Earths dust.”