clawing
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ (intrusive R)
Verb
clawing
- present participle of claw
Noun
clawing (plural clawings)
- 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 […]
- 1750, The Universal Magazine (volume 7, page 52)
Adjective
clawing (comparative more clawing, superlative most clawing)
- Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
- clawing fear
Middle English
Noun
clawing
- Alternative form of clawynge