pawed

verb

past tense of paw
as in nuzzled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pawed
  1. nuzzled
  2. caressed
  3. fondled
  4. fingered
  5. kissed
  6. hugged
  7. rubbed
  8. nudged
Verb
  • The actress nuzzled up next to her husband at the 2017 premiere of Colossal.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • Lopez nuzzled her face into Emme's as the pair smiled while seated at a dining table.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Definition of nuzzled
Verb
  • Breasts are caressed and thighs crisscross; kisses are planted, and occasionally there’s a glimpse of something more graphic.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Kikuko cried out as her father’s hand slowly caressed her chest.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of caressed
Verb
  • The suit alleged one of the men forced the child to watch him masturbate and that one of the men fondled the child’s genitals.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Louis Joseph testified on Friday that Tyson not only held the girl down, but fondled her breasts.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
Definition of fondled
Verb
  • When questioned about the crime, Hohimer had fingered the deceased Malchow.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Canadian Coast Guard fingered the captain of the Størsad as the party responsible for the collision.
    — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of fingered
Verb
  • Where a milk chocolate brown once kissed and colored her long, blended layers, a dark brown — almost black — shade now stood.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Her painful confession is that her husband kissed another woman.
    — Joan Kron, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of kissed
Verb
  • Later outside the court, Fortune’s mother, Christy Spivey, said Clark approached her at the courthouse last week and hugged her following a hearing for co-defendant Jarques Ratliff.
    — Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Taking the stage on Sunday to bestow longtime friend Swift with the inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director Honors, Dakota Johnson hugged the award’s winner, who kicked off her acceptance speech by thanking MTV for offering a platform for music videos.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of hugged
Verb
  • If your mane felt a little fried, a few drops rubbed through the ends would suffice for a quick fix.
    — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Hollidge and Eshaghpour were captivated by Frank’s use of straw, which becomes more or less lustrous depending on how hard it’s rubbed (bringing out the material’s natural silica) and can be dyed to achieve different hues.
    — Jill Singer, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of rubbed
Verb
  • Gio Giovanni Gerosa While knitwear and colorful silk dresses remain at the center of Giovanni Gerosa’s universe, his brand’s latest collection nudged the designer’s penchant for craftsmanship into new territories.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • So there’s not that much to happen in the last two-thirds of the drama than for your ribs to be constantly nudged with the idea of how easily the most respectable citizens among us will give in to modest proposals and, indeed, murder.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of nudged
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“Pawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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