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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:
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
/ ʊ /
verb
to move stealthily around (a place) as if in search of prey or plunder
noun
the act of prowling
moving around stealthily
zealously pursuing members of the opposite sex
Other Word Forms
- prowlingly adverb
- unprowling adjective
- ˈǷɱ noun
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
By late April, when the roses start blooming, they’ve already been pruned and fertilized, but Bifano is always on the prowl for any signs of disease or pests.
And it's not just men on their own out on the prowl.
So the first roar of the 2025 Lions has been heard - some old cats who have prowled this terrain before, some cubs who are experiencing this for the first time.
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.
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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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