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Synonyms for prowl

Grammar : Verb
Spell : proul
Phonetic Transcription : praÊŠl

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Définition of prowl

Origin :
  • late 14c., prollen, "move about in search of something," of unknown origin, with no known cognates. Spelling with -w- is from 1500s (cf. bowl), 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.
  • verb move stealthily
Example sentences :
  • Now to find a lodgment for the night, and then to prowl round for a house.
  • Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
  • Sebright, bent double, circled slowly on a prowl of minute inspection.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • They continued to prowl round the tent, hunger-mad and desperate.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • "Let's prowl around and see what other Hallowe'eners are doing," proposed Dick.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
  • When we returned from that prowl into the forest, we found the inn dark.
  • Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: Germany » by Various
  • When the prowl car boys got to the scene, there was no sign of anybody in the car.
  • Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • "That's the prowl car," he announced, and went over to meet it.
  • Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • In the evening I used to prowl about, hunting for diversion.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • So the cubs first prowl around the stag, and try to seize it anywhere.
  • Extract from : « The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two » by Prince Sarath Ghosh
  • "I should like to go and have a prowl around," Berrington said, after a pause.
  • Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White

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