prowl

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His walk up and down my room became something very like a prowl, and he fell to casting furtive glances at me, biting his finger ends, and murmuring inarticulately below his breath You have some reason for this," he said, suddenly.

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  1. transitive verb To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark.
  2. intransitive verb To rove furtively or with predatory intent: cats prowling through the neighborhood.
  3. noun The act or an instance of prowling.
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  • The agreeable sound of water splashing into the tiled bowls of the fountains gradually overwhelmed the scratch and scuffle of tiny animals on the prowl, and she unlatched the gate leading into the gardens, eager to see the fountains in the silver glow of the full moon. —  Prince of the Night
  • The cyclone fencing, the mercury vapor lights, the signs indicating that attack dogs were on the prowl -- nice friendly place. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 06 - December 1996
  • "With Doc Savage on the prowl, and our chief in a jam, things are too hot here What kind of a jam is the chief in?" —  037 - The Metal Master
  • Stuntman Mike is once again on the prowl, and has some ideas for a day's entertainment that the women won't be expecting. —  High-Def Digest: HD DVD Disc News
  • But when the hooligans go on the prowl, trouble is unavoidable. —  Times Leader News
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watchings ·  prowler ·  onher

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prowl:   prowled ·  prowling ·  prowls
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English prollen, to move about.

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  1. Formerly also proul, variant of earlier proll, prole, from Middle English prollen, prolen, search about; perhaps a contr. freq. form, from proke, in like sense: see proke, and cf. prog.
  2. from prowl, v.
 

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