Main Entry:

²paw

Function:

verb

Date:

15th century

transitive verb

1 : to touch or strike at with a paw 2 : to feel or touch clumsily, rudely, or sexually 3 : to scrape or beat with or as if with a hoof 4 : to flail at or grab for wildly intransitive verb 1 : to beat or scrape something with or as if with a hoof 2 : to touch or strike with a paw 3 : to feel or touch someone or something clumsily, rudely, or sexually 4 : to flail or grab wildly 5 : to search especially carelessly or roughly <pawed through the box of discount items>