Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of paw
plural pawings
- The act of one who paws.
Firelight could be seen reflected on the ceiling of the drawing-room. Inside the deep stone porch, the heavy door was scarred by the pawings of many generations of dogs.
1946, Mazo de la Roche, Return to Jalna
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pawing
All rhymes →Cite this entry
pawing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawing
“pawing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pawing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawing.
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