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pawshakes

pawshakes is the plural of pawshake.

pawshakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pawshake.

Meaning of pawshake

Noun

pawshake (plural pawshakes)

  1. The grasping of an animal's paw, analogous to a handshake.
    • Now my pet has grown into a big dog. I still shake its paw. When my friends come to visit me, my dog happily offers a pawshake to everyone.2015, G. E. Giam, Model Compositions Series (Primary 1) (page 161)
  2. (slang) A handshake, especially with a handpaw.

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Questions about pawshakes

What is pawshakes the plural of?
Pawshakes is the plural of pawshake.

Words near pawshakes in the dictionary

  1. paws up
  2. Pawsey
  3. pawsful
  4. pawshake
  5. pawshaked
  6. pawshakes
  7. pawshaking
  8. pawshakings
  9. pawsies
  10. pawsitive
  11. Pawsner

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