- 1[intransitive, transitive] (of an animal) to scratch or touch something repeatedly with a paw paw at something The dog pawed at my sleeve. paw something The stallion pawed the ground impatiently.
- 2[transitive] paw somebody (sometimes humorous) to touch someone in a rough sexual way that they find offensive
paw
verbNAmE//pɔ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they paw he / she / it paws
past simple pawed
-ing form pawing
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