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PAW
/pɔ/
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What does PAW mean?
noun
- The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
- (humorous, slang) A hand.
verb
- Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws.
More meanings (8)
verb
- Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
- To touch (someone) in a sexual way.
- To clumsily dig (through something).
- (dated) To flatter.
noun
- Alternative form of pa (“father”).
- Abbreviation of plasma arc welding (an arc welding technology).
- Abbreviation of plasma arc weld (a weld created with the PAW process).
- initialism of physics analysis workstation.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɔ/
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Then, with one blow of his heavy paw, all armed with sharp claws, he knocked the spider’s head from its body.
“He still holds by one leg, and he can’t get away. I’ll answer for that. I tied that paw for him.”
More book examples (3)
An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her.
The minute he put in his paw, SNAP!--the big Alligator who lives in the mud down there had it in his jaws.
The wings of her prey were muffling her eyes, so she laid the bird down and held it safely with one paw.