Prowl
verb (used without object)
1.
to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
verb (used with object)
2.
to rove over or through in search of what may be found:
The cat prowled the alleys in search of food.
noun
3.
act of prowling.
Idioms
4.
on the prowl, in the act of prowling; searching stealthily:
The cat is on the prowl for mice.
verb
1.
when intr, often foll by around or about. to move stealthily around (a place) as if in search of prey or plunder
noun
2.
the act of prowling
3.
on the prowl
moving around stealthily
zealously pursuing members of the opposite sex
prowl
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