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prowl
[ proul ]
verb (used without object)
- to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
Synonyms: roam
verb (used with object)
- to rove over or through in search of what may be found:
The cat prowled the alleys in search of food.
noun
- act of prowling.
prowl
/ praʊl /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by around or about to move stealthily around (a place) as if in search of prey or plunder
noun
- the act of prowling
- on the prowl
- moving around stealthily
- zealously pursuing members of the opposite sex
Derived Forms
- ˈprowler, noun
Other Word Forms
- prowling·ly adverb
- un·prowling adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of prowl1
Word History and Origins
Origin of prowl1
Idioms and Phrases
- on the prowl, in the act of prowling; searching stealthily:
The cat is on the prowl for mice.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Saxon is the preening alpha male, vocally on the prowl for sex, telling his little brother that he needs to drink more protein shakes and man up.
For the remainder of the Zoom call, he avoids the gym’s windows and steers clear of the fans prowling the hotel’s perimeter.
Just watch a big cat prowl back and forth in the zoo.
High above Hollywood Boulevard, overlooking the iconic TCL Chinese Theater and the masked marvels prowling the Walk of Fame, an elite “League of Justice” assembled on Tuesday to prepare for battles that lay ahead.
Still, there’s always been the risk that cats, which are arguably only semi-domesticated, could bring home a disease from a midnight prowl.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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