pawing in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pawing in the English»French Dictionary

I.paw [Brit pɔː, Am pɔ] N

paw (of animal)

patte f

paw (hand) pej

patte f inf

II.paw [Brit pɔː, Am pɔ] VB trans

1. paw animal:

paw

donner des coups de patte à

to paw the ground horse:

piaffer

to paw the ground bull:

frapper le sol du sabot

2. paw pej person:

paw

peloter inf

cat's paw N

cat's paw

dupe f

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velvet skin, paw, tread, eyes

de velours

to be embedded in (to be fixed) thorn, splinter, nail, screw: paw, flesh, wood, wall

être enfoncé dans

Translations for pawing in the French»English Dictionary

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on entendait les piaffements d'un cheval

we could hear a horse pawing the ground

battoir inf

paw inf

piaffer

to paw the ground

tripatouiller objet

to paw inf

tirer les marrons du feu (être la victime)

to be a cat's paw

patte (pied) (de mammifère avec ongles ou griffes)

paw

donner la patte

to raise its paw

pawing in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pawing in the English»French Dictionary

I.paw [pɔ:, Am pɑ:] N a. iron hum a. inf

paw

patte f

II.paw [pɔ:, Am pɑ:] VB trans

1. paw (strike with the paw):

paw

donner un coup de patte à

2. paw pej inf (touch in an offensive way):

paw

tripoter

III.paw [pɔ:, Am pɑ:] VB intr

paw

donner des coups de pattes

Translations for pawing in the French»English Dictionary

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peloter

to paw

se peloter

to paw each other

piaffer

to paw the ground

patte d'un chien, chat, ours

paw

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

These are tom cat growls and pawing of earth.

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She is willing to try, but when a client begins pawing her she cries and gets out of the car.

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Clans mark their territories by either pasting or pawing in special latrines located on clan range boundaries.

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Old mungoes look enviously at their rah-rah counterparts, snorting and pawing the ground as they watch scrums, muscles twitching like clapped-out racehorses at the sound of the starter's voice.

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His white hair was always rumpled, as if by pawing slaps from his fat hands.

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