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語源 1

From 中期英語 pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Frankish *pōta, from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną, whence also 古期英語 potian (“to push”), pȳtan (“to put out, poke out”). See more at put. Doublet of pote, put, and putt.

Cognate with Dutch poot, poten (“to plant”), Low German Pote, German Pfote, Icelandic pota (“to stick”).

名詞

paw (plural paws)

1. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

   Synonyms: hand, foot

   Hypernym: extremity

   Holonym: limb

   Meronyms: claw, finger

   Coordinate terms: hoof, talon

2. (humorous, also furry fandom) A hand.

   Get your grubby paws off my things!

   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 35:

     Mrs. Hauksbee laid her hand lightly upon the ungloved paw that rested on the turned-backed ’rickshaw hood, and, looking the man full in the face, said tenderly, almost too tenderly, “I believe in you if you mistrust yourself.”

派生語

動詞

paw (third-person singular simple present paws, present participle pawing, simple past and past participle pawed)

1. (transitive) Of an animal, to touch (something) with a paw.
   1. (transitive) Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws.
   2. (transitive) Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 39:21:

        He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

2. (transitive, by extension) To touch (someone) in a sexual way.

   Synonyms: feel up, fiddle, fondle, grope, palpate, touch up

   • 1997 August 17, Robert Spector, misc.fitness.weights (Usenet):

     IronMan used to be good in this way, back in the '80s. […] They wouldn't subscribe to the old, "Let's put a male bodybuilder with silicone babes pawing him" cover that's mainstay now.

   • 1997 October 26, Amy McWilliams, quoting Verbotene, rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (Usenet):

     So, Katherine was out with Luke and they were both quite dolled up and swoon-worthy. Katherine fawned all over Luke and pawed him, but to what end? Was Stefan supposed to believe that Luke and Katherine have some sort of a thing going? What was the point of this display from Katherine's perspective?

   • 2002 July 18, Lurker Dave, rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe (Usenet):

     Subtlety is great, but what exactly happened with Jessica and the cop during sex that he locked her up afterwards? Also, what was the item she nicked from his shirt while she pawed him?

   • 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic‎, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2018:

     Tonight there are no drug deals, no fights, only the random foolishness of the young and inebriated. They stagger with linked arms down the middle of the street. They paw at each other.

   • 2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, quoting Illeana Douglas, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     He was good-looking, masculine, funny, charismatic and he could dance the cha-cha-cha. And he’s never a brute. He’s flirting with women but he’s not pawing them.

3. (transitive, by extension) To clumsily dig (through something).

   Synonyms: fumble, go through, rummage

4. (transitive, dated) To flatter.

派生語

語源 2

The word probably has an origin in baby talk. See pa.

名詞

paw (plural paws)

1. (nonstandard or rustic) Alternative form of pa (“father”).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:father

   Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:father

   Hyponyms: step-paw; see also Thesaurus:father

   Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:mother

派生語

アナグラム

• APW, AWP, PWA, WAP, WPA, wap