clawing

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ (intrusive R)

Verb

clawing

  1. present participle and gerund of claw

Noun

clawing (plural clawings)

  1. A scratch with the claws.
    • 1750, The Universal Magazine, volume 7, page 52:
      […] they are nevertheless always like the lion's keeper, who, when by long patience, a thousand feedings, and a thousand clawings, he hath made a fierce lion familiar, yet never gives him meat, but with pulling back his hand, always in fear […]

Adjective

clawing (comparative more clawing, superlative most clawing)

  1. Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
    clawing fear

Derived terms

Middle English

Noun

clawing

  1. alternative form of clawynge
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