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paddy paw

paddy paw noun: an animal's paw with a soft pad.

Noun

paddy paw (plural paddy paws)

  1. An animal's paw with a soft pad.
    • Mowgli was sitting cross-legged, and explaining things with his forefinger in his usual way, when Bagheera put out a paddy paw and pulled him over backwards into the water.1895 November, Rudyard Kipling, “How Fear Came”, in The Second Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 9
    • He reached out a paddy paw. Bat. Bat. The door bounced ajar. Max walked in.2002, Hazel Hutchins, TJ and the Cats

Forms of paddy paw

pluralpaddy paws

Origin of paddy paw

pad + -y + paw

Questions about paddy paw

What does paddy paw mean?
Paddy paw means an animal's paw with a soft pad.
What part of speech is paddy paw?
Paddy paw is a noun.
What is the plural of paddy paw?
The plural of paddy paw is paddy paws.

Words near paddy paw in the dictionary

  1. paddy bird
  2. paddy birds
  3. paddy field
  4. paddy fields
  5. paddy hat
  6. paddy paw
  7. paddy paws
  8. paddy waggon
  9. paddy waggons
  10. paddy wagon
  11. paddy wagons

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