pawshake

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noun

The grasping of an animal's paw, analogous to a handshake.

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Meanings

nounpawshake (plural pawshakes)

plural pawshakes

  1. The grasping of an animal's paw, analogous to a handshake.

    Now my pet has grown into a big dog. I still shake its paw. When my friends come to visit me, my dog happily offers a pawshake to everyone.

    2015, G. E. Giam, Model Compositions Series (Primary 1) (page 161)
  2. slanglifestyleA handshake, especially with a handpaw.
verbpawshake (third-person singular simple present pawshakes, present participle pawshaking, simple past and past participle pawshaked)

present singular third person pawshakes · participle present pawshaking · participle past pawshaked · past pawshaked

  1. intransitiveTo perform a pawshake.

Origin

From paw + shake.

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APA

pawshake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawshake

MLA

“pawshake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawshake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pawshake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawshake.

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