paw

  • 21paw — 1. n. someone’s hand. (Jocular.) □ Get your paws off me! □ That dog bit my paw. 2. tv. to feel someone or handle someone sexually. □ If you paw me again, I’ll slap you! □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 22Paw — Common characteristicsThe paw is characterised by thick, pigmented, keratinised, hairless epidermis covering subcutaneous, collagenous, adipose tissue which make up the pads. These pads act as a cushion for the load bearing limbs of the animal.… …

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  • 23paw — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French powe, poe Date: 14th century 1. the foot of a quadruped (as a lion or dog) that has claws; broadly the foot of an animal 2. a human hand especially when large or clumsy II. verb Date: 15th… …

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  • 24paw — paw1 pawer, n. /paw/, n. 1. the foot of an animal having claws. 2. the foot of any animal. 3. Informal. the human hand, esp. one that is large, rough, or clumsy: Keep your paws off my property. v.t. 4. to strike or scrape with the paws or feet: a …

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  • 25paw — 1. noun /pɔː/ a) Father; pa. b) The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot …

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  • 26paw — 1. Dumny jak paw «bardzo dumny»: Jestem dumny jak paw, ponieważ nie spodziewałem się aż takiego zainteresowania. M. F. Rakowski, Dzienniki. 2. posp. Puścić pawia «zwymiotować»: – Tylko nie puść pan pawia. – Kierowca gwałtownie zahamował na widok… …

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  • 27paw —    to fondle sexually    Perhaps punning on paw, the hand, and on the vigour with which an impatient stallion strikes the ground with his hoof:     When you ask any of the men here, they just paw you. (Chandler, 1953) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 28paw n — Now, when you pick a pawpaw or a prickly pear and you prick a raw paw, well, next time beware. Don t pick the prickly pear with the paw, when you pick the pear try to use the claw. But you don t need to use the claw when you pick a pair of the… …

    English expressions

  • 29paw — 1 noun (C) 1 an animal s foot that has nails or claws: a lion s paw 2 informal someone s hand: Keep your filthy paws off me! 2 verb (I, T) 1 if an animal paws a surface, it touches or rubs one spot repeatedly with its paw (+ at): The dog s pawing …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30paw — 1. noun protect their paws from frostbite Syn: foot, forepaw, hind paw 2. verb 1) their offspring were pawing each other Syn: handle roughly, pull, grab, maul, manhandle 2) some Casanova tried to paw her …

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