3 entries under this word

Prowl

Prowl, v. t.

verbtransitive

(proul) (Synop., § 130), v. t. [imp. & p. p. PROWLED; p. pr. & vb. n. PROWLING.] [O. Eng. prolle, prole, O. Fr. as if proieler, dim. of proier, Lat. praedari, to make booty, to plunder, from praeda, prey, Fr. proie. See PREY.] To rove over, through, or about.

He prowls each place, still in new colors decked. Sidney.

Prowl, v. i.

verbintransitive

Sense 1. To rove or wander, especially for prey, as a wild beast.

As when a prowling wolf, Whom hunger drives to seek new prey, . . . Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.

Sense 2. Hence, to prey; to plunder. “While o'er the parent clime prowls murder unrestrained.” Byron.

Prowl, n.

noun

A roving for prey. [Colloq.] Smart.