paw
paw
/pɔː/
1 the foot of an animal that has claws or nails
2 (informal) a person’s hand
Take your filthy paws off me!
paw
/pɔː/
paw at something
The dog pawed at my sleeve.
paw something
The stallion pawed the ground impatiently.
2 transitive paw somebody to touch somebody in a rough sexual way that they find offensive Word Origin
Middle English: from Old French poue, probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch poot.