paws

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɔːz/ (US) IPA(key): /pɔːz/, /pɑːz/ Homophone: pause Homophones: pores, pours (non-rhotic) Rhymes: -ɔːz Rhymes: -ɑːz === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== paws plural of paw ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== paws third-person singular simple present indicative of paw === Etymology 2 === Pun on pause sounding identical to paws (plural of paw). ==== Noun ==== paws (informal, humorous) pause, used in contexts of animals with paws ==== Verb ==== paws (third-person singular simple present pawses, present participle pawsing, simple past and past participle pawsed) (informal, humorous) to pause, used in contexts of animals with paws === Anagrams === WSPA, Spaw, spaw, WAPs, wasp, WASP, APWs, PWAs, waps, AWPs, waps., Wasp, swap == Cypriot Arabic == === Etymology === Inherited from Arabic بَوْس (baws). === Noun === paws m (collective, singulative pawsa f) kissing, kisses === References === Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 168