Crossword clues for prowl
prowl
- Stalk prey
- Patrol for prey
- Slinky motion
- Search stealthily
- Roam stealthily
- Kind of police car
- Go in search of prey
- What predators do
- Walk with pride?
- Search stealthily, as for prey
- Roam with stealth
- Prepare to prey
- Move like mountain lions
- Move like a jungle cat
- Lurk like a leopard
- Hunting, on the ...
- Hunt stealthily
- Hunt like a lion
- Hunt like a cat
- Hunt for prey
- Go out hunting
- Go on the hunt
- Do some skulking
- Move with stealth
- Lurk like a lion
- Search for prey, e.g
- Move like a puma
- Move like a lion
- Walk like a cat
- Move stealthily
- Beat around the bush?
- Kind of car
- Roam furtively
- Rove furtively
- Nose about stealthily
- Patrol stealthily
- Look for prey
- Emulate a cat
- Move in a predatory manner
- Move in a predatory way
- Move around restlessly
- Solemn person following pair in sneaky walk
- Slink after prey
- Roam in search of prey
- Press release flyer offering cruise
- Roam predatorily
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prowl \Prowl\, v. i. To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.
Prowl \Prowl\, n.
The act of prowling. [Colloq.]
--Smart.
Prowl \Prowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Prowling.] [OE. prollen to search about; of uncertain origin, perh. for proglen, a dim. of prog to beg, or proke to poke. Cf. Proke.]
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To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.
He prowls each place, still in new colors decked. -- Sir P. Sidney.
To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money. [Obs.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., prollen, "move about in search of something," of unknown origin, with no known cognates. Spelling with -w- is from 1500s (compare bowls), but pronounced "prôll" till late 18c. Meaning "go stealthily in search of prey" is first recorded 1580s. Related: Prowled; prowling. The noun, in on the prowl, is attested from 1803.
Wiktionary
n. (context colloquial English) The act of prowling. vb. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
WordNet
n. the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)
v. move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town"
loiter about, with no apparent aim [syn: lurch]
Wikipedia
Prowl may refer to:
- Prowl, walking while partially squatting to maintain a low profile
- Predation, a biological interaction where a predator, an organism that is hunting, feeds on its prey
- Prowl (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe
- Prowl (album), a 2006 album by cellist Erik Friedlander
- Prowl (film), a horror film starring Bruce Payne
- "Prowl" (band), formerly an alt-rock band from York, UK (Years active: 2008-2012)
Prowl is a 2010 American horror film directed by Patrik Syversen and written by Tim Tori and starring Courtney Hope, Ruta Gedmintas and Bruce Payne.
Prowl is a 2006 album by cellist Erik Friedlander performing his compositions with the quartet that previously appeared on Topaz which was released on the Cryptogramophone label.
Usage examples of "prowl".
He nearly got up, then, to prowl the terrace and see if any of his bonsai had begun to wilt, so that he would know which ones to tend to first .
Maybe I was imagining things, but I thought the horological demon sounded slightly worried at having me awake and prowling around at that hour.
For a moment it seemed something massively alien ground against his body like a prowling dragon.
So long as the wispy aerial plankton that fed him continued to drift up from the lands below, he prowled his thin niche untroubled.
And you prowl the back roads of America in your flying saucer, mutilating cows and performing proctologies on rednecks.
After the night meal Ric and two other greenbacks were picked by a prowling Flame for a special job unloading a cargo from a ship that had just landed on the roof.
He wore it for a variety of reasons-because it helped to ward off prowling females, because it was habitual, because every time he looked at it he still felt the sting of grief and guilt.
When Mitch came back downstairs, Megan was prowling around his living room restlessly.
Mitch said, prowling the room with his hands in his pockets, his head down, brow furrowed.
After a few minutes we found him prowling catlike down one of the corridors.
Nearly all of his digits boasted a shiny bauble, and his teeth gleamed when he smiled, giving him the uneasy appearance of a prowling wolf.
There would probably be a night watchman prowling on the first floor, hovering near the entranceway, and waiting for daylight and relief.
Amen through his dream, but it was like prowling through an abandoned house, empty even of furniture.
He opened it and sipped the tender delicacy from the container, while curiosity sent him prowling through the rooms.
Their destinations were the same as when they had driven regular daily routes for human passengers: salesmen calling on regular customers, inspectors making their rounds, taxis prowling their assigned service areas.