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
Example sentences :
  • 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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