paw

Meaning

Noun

1. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
2. A hand.

Verb

1. To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws.
2. To gently push on something with a paw.
3. To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
4. To touch someone in a sexual way.
5. To clumsily dig through something.
6. To flatter.

Synonyms

foot

🦶

leg

🦵

scratch

mitt

claw

hand

✋

shank

hoof

seduce

pad

talon

paws

manus

harass

father

👨‍👦

scrape

dad

👨‍👦

paw the ground

poppa

pops

signature

skin

smite

sweep

thumb

toe

touch

Father

👨‍👦

palm of hand

sole of foot

tread heavily

animal foot

stamp the foot

Pa

daddy-o

brush

clapperclaw

clutch

dada

daddy

👨‍👦

dig

finger

footprint

👣

grate

graze

handle

handwriting

limb

one

pa

papa

👨‍👦

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɔː/

Etymology

From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Frankish *pōta (compare Dutch poot, Low German Pote, German Pfote), from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”) (compare Dutch poten 'to plant'), from Proto-Germanic *putōną (compare Old English potian (“to push”), pȳtan (“to put out, poke out”), Icelandic pota (“to stick”)). More at put.