pettinare

Definitions

• to comb, dress hair, fur, etc.
• (by extension) to comb the hair or fur of
• (manufacturing) to comb; to card; to tease; to hackle fabric
• (jocular) to give a beating; to knock some sense into
• to criticize harshly; to reprimand; to tell off
• (journalism) to fix up or polish a story, typically by distorting a fact or guiding a misleading narrative
• (archaic) to eat voraciously