clawing

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noun

A scratch with the claws.

“clawing fear”

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of claw
nounclawing (plural clawings)

plural clawings

  1. A scratch with the claws.

    […] they are nevertheless always like the lion's keeper, who, when by long patience, a thousand feedings, and a thousand clawings, he hath made a fierce lion familiar, yet never gives him meat, but with pulling back his hand, always in fear […]

    1750, The Universal Magazine, volume 7, page 52
adjectiveclawing (comparative more clawing, superlative most clawing)

comparative more clawing · superlative most clawing

  1. Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.

    clawing fear

Translations

Esperanto ungogratado
  • ungogratadoscratch with the claws

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with clawing

sawinggnawingpawinghawingcawingdawing
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Cite this entry
APA

clawing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clawing

MLA

“clawing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clawing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clawing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clawing.

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