Definitions

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of beclaw.
  • adjective Having claws.

Etymologies

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From beclaw.

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From be- +‎ clawed.

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Examples

  • After all, mix the hair with some mosquito blood and you'll be able to start your own tropical John Lennon safari park where people can pay to see all sorts of John Lennons in the wild, like the angry beclawed carnivore John Lennons, the docile giant herbivore John Lennons and the John Lennons that look cute but then suddenly turn vicious and blind you with hawked-up globs of sticky acid.

    John Lennon’s Abbey Road White Suit Hawked At Auction 2007

  • At night, he often wakes up screaming and beclawed, causing his lover to note ruefully, "Looks like we're going to need new sheets again."

    unknown title 2009

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