Antonyms for pawing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : paw |
| Phonetic Transcription : pÉ” |
Definition of pawing
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French powe, poe "paw, fist," of uncertain origin. Evidence points to a Gallo-Romance root form *pauta which probably is related to the source of patten.
- verb touch roughly
- Mr. Hungerford, pawing in the darkness at the offending footstool, swore.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Somebody's been pawing this all over, and the prints are probably spoilt.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- He's been pawing the air ever since Crew cabled, and this has blown him up completely.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
- If so, it came quickly unstuck, and the bull emerged, pawing and snorting.
- Extract from : « A Slave is a Slave » by Henry Beam Piper
- For a time the best sheep-dog in the North was pawing at the Gate of Death.
- Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant
- The war-horse, saddled and bridled, is pawing the earth and neighing.
- Extract from : « The American Empire » by Scott Nearing
- Where'd any of us be, if the Representative from this county got to pawing the air for reform?
- Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White
- The horse of a mounted field officer was pawing the garden turf.
- Extract from : « Clarence » by Bret Harte
- And Davies and I were pawing one another in the dark of the cabin.
- Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
- The horses were tossing their heads, pawing the ground, and acting restive.
- Extract from : « Polly and Eleanor » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Synonyms for pawing
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