Verb
To fight and scratch.
Usage- Obsolete
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Steady, Birds! present your beaks! in double time, charge and attack, Pounce upon them, smash the potlid, clapperclaw them, tear and hack.
To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.
Usage- Obsolete
Verb
claw with the nails
- Broader terms
use foul or abusive language towards
- Synonyms
- Examples
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The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket
The angry mother shouted at the teacher