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paw at

paw at verb: to come on to (someone) in a rude way, with excessive and unwelcome touching; to handle (someone or something) rudely or clumsily.

Verb

paw at (third-person singular simple present paws at, present participle pawing at, simple past and past participle pawed at)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To come on to (someone) in a rude way, with excessive and unwelcome touching; to handle (someone or something) rudely or clumsily.
  2. (idiomatic, informal) To repeatedly hit (someone or something) with a paw.

Forms of paw at

third-person singular presentpaws at
present participlepawing at
past participlepawed at
pastpawed at

Questions about paw at

What does paw at mean?
Paw at means to come on to (someone) in a rude way, with excessive and unwelcome touching; to handle (someone or something) rudely or clumsily.
What part of speech is paw at?
Paw at is a verb.
What is the past tense of paw at?
The past tense of paw at is pawed at.

Words near paw at in the dictionary

  1. pavéd
  2. pavéed
  3. pavéing
  4. pavés
  5. paw
  6. paw at
  7. paw off
  8. paw paw
  9. Paw Paw French
  10. paw paws
  11. paw print

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