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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