1 the foot of an animal that has CLAWS or nails
2 (informal) a person's hand:
Take your filthy paws off me!
verb ~ (at) sth
1 (of an animal) to scratch or touch sth repeatedly with a paw:
[V] The dog pawed at my sleeve. * [VN] The stallion pawed the ground impatiently.
2 [VN] (sometimes humorous) to touch sb in a rough sexual way that they find offensive
