prowl

prowl  (proul)

v. prowled, prowl·ing, prowls

v.tr.

To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark.

v.intr.

To rove furtively or with predatory intent: cats prowling through the neighborhood.

n.

The act or an instance of prowling.

Idiom:

on the prowl

Actively looking for something: salespeople on the prowl for better jobs.

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[Middle English prollen, to move about.]

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prowler n.

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prowl

Verb

(sometimes foll. by around, about)to move stealthily around (a place) as if in search of prey or plunder

Noun

1. the act of prowling

2. on the prowl moving around stealthily [origin unknown]

prowler n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prowl - the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner) walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
Verb	1.	prowl - move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town" walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	2.	prowl - loiter about, with no apparent aim lurch footle, hang around, lallygag, loiter, lollygag, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry, lounge, lurk, linger, loaf - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

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prowl

verb move stealthily, hunt, patrol, range, steal, cruise, stalk, sneak, lurk, roam, rove, scavenge, slink, skulk, nose around

Translations

prowl [praul] vi (also: prowl about) (also: prowl around) → merodear

n on the prowl → de merodeo, merodeando

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prowl [praul] vi (also: prowl about, prowl around) → rôder

n to be on the prowl → rôder

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prowl [praul] vi (also: prowl about, prowl around) → schleichen

n on the prowl → auf Streifzug

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prowl [praul] vi (also: prowl about) (also: prowl around) → aggirarsi furtivamente

n on the prowl → in cerca di preda