Crossword clues for pawing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paw \Paw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pawing.]
To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
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To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane.
--Tickell.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who paws. vb. (present participle of paw English)
Usage examples of "pawing".
With a scream very like the one they had heard, his mare reared pawing the air.
He was pacing along the front of it, sniffing here and there and usually sneezing at the chemical smells clinging to the newly erected building, pawing at the one or two mounds of disturbed dirt left over.
Concern overriding fear as the terrified beast started pawing the ground, Thaniel left the safety of his hold doorway and approached the enclosure, beckoning Rusty to him.
The watchdragon on Fort Hold's fire-heights was up on his hind legs, front ones pawing the air, wings fanning at the stretch, bellowing in fury.
Even one of the big ones, hit with an enormous mass of rocks, was tilted off-balance and fell, the legs of the helpless burden beasts pawing for footing.
The men whirled about, pawing at the arrows embedded between their shoulder blades.
Howling, pawing at his ruined nose and blinded eyes, the mercenary reeled off.
Four or five of them fell, pawing at the shafts that protruded from the soft tissue at the base of a throat, or in an eye--but not enough of them, apparently, to convince the surviving creatures that the fighters behind the shield wall posed much of a threat.
The ranger's aim was true, and two of the sea ogres went down at once, pawing frantically at the animated steel that burrowed deep into scale and flesh.
Slowly the Black moved out of the water—up, up in the air he ascended, his legs pawing madly!
High in the air they rose on their hind legs, their forelegs, pawing, striking madly at each other.
Alec saw him give a final tug, then he flung himself out of the way of the Black's pawing hoofs.
Bonforte was pawing at me with his right hand and trying very urgently to tell me something.
Her expression broke and she began to blubber, pawing feebly fox a handkerchief, then giving up and letting the tears go.
He shuddered and said no more, leaving Merry to tell of those last horrible moments: the pawing hands, the hot breath, and the dreadful strength of Grishnákh's hairy arms.