prowl
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6.3
- noun
- /praʊl/
:
merodeo
- Historically, scavengers are often on the prowl for leftover food in urban areas.
Prune swaller vain, you know, on the prowl for a husband.
- Prune swaller vain, you know, on the prowl for a husband.
- People are going to work and they're there on the prowl waiting to rob you.
- Raleigh Mao is on the prowl.
- So he's going to have a, a, a government that is going to be endlessly on the prowl to suppress our misbehavior.
Examples
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On the prowl for more cookies, she led him through the garage and into the family room.
Fiction book (1993) -
Well, believe it or not, I am on the prowl for some water records.
Fiction book (2000) -
Always on the prowl for intruders.
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From the river, bobcats came on the prowl for meat.
Fiction book (1991) -
People are going to work and they're there on the prowl waiting to rob you.
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Under her umbrella, she's examining the tips of her long brown hair, on the prowl for split ends.
Fiction book (2002) -
Whenever the two women were at the lodge, Toni spent as much time on the prowl as she did skiing.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'm always on the prowl for sailors, she purred, and she gave me a wink.
Fiction book (1998) -
Mustafa Sa'eed is on the prowl when he meets Isabella Seymour in Hyde Park, London.
Academic text (2018) -
The police warned the community that a thief was on the prowl, searching for easy targets.
Synonyms
157
4.0
To follow and try to catch someone or something
43
2.2
Looking carefully to find something or someone
40
6.1
Following an animal quietly to get near it before you hunt it
25
2.7
Following animal or person tracks to find them
9
3.9
Searching for food in the wild, often done by animals or people
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Etymology
Prowl as a noun keeps the same idea of quiet roaming. A 'prowl' is the act of moving around quietly to search or hunt.