Crossword clues for prowling
prowling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prowling \Prowl"ing\, a.
Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for
prey. ``A prowling wolf.''
--Milton. -- Prowl"ing*ly, adv.
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
mid-15c., verbal noun from prowl (v.).
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who prowls. vb. (present participle of prowl English)
Usage examples of "prowling".
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.
Vigge the Boar, son of Cron, who talked softly to a doe while he flayed her alive, was prowling in the forest, searching for the piper.
He went looking for one, prowling along the walls of the hangar, browsing through equipment and tools.
Besides, Jasper consoled himself, if there was a stalker prowling the grounds, Olivia was safer in a crowd than she was on her own down here in the office.
He wanted to go after whoever was prowling around upstairs, but he was afraid to leave her alone down here.
I sensed him prowling about outside the cabin, taking up the scents of the place, registering bear, over and over.