pawing
present participle ofpaw
paw
verb
uk/pɔː/us/pɑː/[IorT]
totouchsomething with a paw:
Whentheirdogheardthem itbeganpawing(at)thegroundinexcitement.
[T]informal
tofeelortouchsomeoneroughlywith thehands,especiallyin anunpleasantsexualway
Touching & feeling
- dab
- feel
- felt
- fiddle
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- get to second baseidiom
- get to third baseidiom
- handle
- kiss
- paw
- pet
- play withsomething
- retexture
- second base
- stroke
- tactile
- texture
- third base
- touch
- toy withsomething
Examplesofpawing
pawing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He did not mention that the two days were occupied inpawinginto force a proposal which he had previously rejected!
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Internal pain is often indicated bypawingthe ground and sweating and looking at the flanks.
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People stand like two bullspawingat the ground, each trying to outstare the other in the hope of winning the right to speak.
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I take it that that means, without being too indelicate, that they rush about the political backwoods snorting and shaking their antlers andpawingup the earth.
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These are tom cat growls andpawingof earth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is willing to try, but when a client beginspawingher she cries and gets out of the car.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Clans mark their territories by either pasting orpawingin special latrines located on clan range boundaries.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Certainly one gets further when one adoptspawingas well, which, after all, doesn't make a baby.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Signs of toxicity include blisters and ulcers of the mouth,pawing, stretching, diarrhea containing bits of intestinal mucosa, hypocalcaemia, and hypomagnesemia.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Depending on the sanctioning organization, working means barking, scratching, staring,pawing, digging; any active behavior.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wallaby mobs have a linear hierarchy that is determined by ritualizedpawingwhich is non-violent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the rut, males gather in open meadows,pawingthe ground during antagonistic encounters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The hop landing phase is very active, involving a powerful backwardpawingaction of the right leg, with the right take-off foot landing heel first on the runway.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Already their wild steeds arepawingthe ground with impatience; already the ill-omened riders have come together and are exchanging the last words before leaping into the saddle.
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