"clawing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more clawing [comparative], most clawing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ, -ɔːɹɪŋ (intrusive R) Head templates: {{en-adj}} clawing (comparative more clawing, superlative most clawing)
  1. Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror. Derived forms: clawingly Translations (scratch with the claws): ungogratado (Esperanto)
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Noun

Forms: clawings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ, -ɔːɹɪŋ (intrusive R) Head templates: {{en-noun}} clawing (plural clawings)
  1. A scratch with the claws.
    Sense id: en-clawing-en-noun-Akb29XGk

Verb

Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ, -ɔːɹɪŋ (intrusive R) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} clawing
  1. present participle and gerund of claw Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: claw
    Sense id: en-clawing-en-verb-5T70anBz

Inflected forms

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