paws

verb

present tense third-person singular of paw
as in fingers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paws
  1. fingers
  2. kisses
  3. nuzzles
  4. rubs
  5. hugs
  6. caresses
Verb
  • Pointing fingers Unlike many states, Illinois splits regulations of funeral homes and crematories between two agencies, with IDFPR licensing funeral home directors and embalmers, and the Illinois Comptroller's office overseeing crematories.
    — Casey Toner, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Our connection was a bit like that [snaps fingers].
    — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026
Definition of fingers
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  • Osment was 29 when her character, Mandy McAllister, first kisses Georgie Cooper, the character played by then-18-year-old Montana Jordan.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The impression is of a raucous house party—one in which secrets are spilled, kisses are stolen, and everyone drinks far too much.
    — Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of kisses
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  • Andrew Mackay/Facebook At the end of the video, Mackay can be seen standing on the doorway, surveying the damage, as one of the dogs nuzzles him.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Definition of nuzzles
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  • My colleague counters that to do so rubs salt in the wound, and that the loser is the one to first contact the winner with congratulations.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • By the end of the nineteenth century, health tourists could easily travel to Davos, in the east of Switzerland, where the mountain vistas were more dramatic and newer treatments, such as chest rubs with marmot fat, awaited.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of rubs
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  • Lexington is the sort of place where the arrival of your luggage at a baggage claim carousel is accompanied by the bugle strains of the call to the post, where Citation Boulevard hugs the north edges of the city and Man o’War Boulevard the south.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the shots were also very much an homage to that moment and how Michael hugs Fredo.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of hugs
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  • As if that same sea that caresses the feet of the palms were doing it now in Tokyo, in your house.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Princess Diaries star smiles, caresses her belly, then ducks out of the frame.
    — Redazione People, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026
Definition of caresses
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“Paws.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paws. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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