paw
 paw (pô)n.
1. The foot of an animal, especially a quadruped, that has claws or nails.
2. Informal. A human hand, especially a large clumsy one: “Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water” (John Steinbeck). v. pawed, paw·ing, pawsv. tr.
1. To strike with the paw or paws.
2. To strike or scrape with a beating motion:
The bull pawed the ground before charging.
3. To handle clumsily, rudely, or with too much familiarity. See Synonyms at touch.v. intr.
1. To scrape the ground with the forefeet:
The horse pawed restlessly.
2. To handle someone or something clumsily, rudely, or with too much familiarity:
Don't paw at everything you see. [Middle English pawe, from Old French powe.] pawʹer n.
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