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• Prowl (Transformers) — Prowl is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. After Optimus Prime and Megatron, and along with Mirage, Starscream, and Ironhide, Prowl is one of the most re used American names in the assorted Transformers… …   Wikipedia

• Prowl — Prowl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prowled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prowling}.] [OE. prollen to search about; of uncertain origin, perh. for proglen, a dim. of prog to beg, or proke to poke. Cf. {Proke}.] 1. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• prowl — [proul] vi., vt. [ME prollen < ?] to roam about furtively, as in search of prey or loot n. the act of prowling on the prowl prowling about prowler n …   English World dictionary

• prowl — late 14c., prollen, move about in search of something, of unknown origin, with no known cognates. Meaning go stealthily in search of prey is first recorded 1580s. Related: Prowled; prowling. The noun, in on the prowl, is attested from 1803 …   Etymology dictionary

• prowl — I verb be stealthy, creep, cruise, drift, gad, go about stealthily, gumshoe, hover, lie in ambush, lie in wait, loiter, lurk, meander, move secretly, move under cover, peragrare, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, rove, scavenge, skulk, slink,… …   Law dictionary

• prowl — ► VERB ▪ move about stealthily or restlessly as if in search of prey. ► NOUN ▪ an act of prowling. DERIVATIVES prowler noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

• prowl — prowl1 [praul] v [I and T] 1.) if an animal prowls, it moves around an area quietly, especially because it is hunting another animal 2.) if someone prowls, they move around an area slowly and quietly, especially because they are involved in a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• prowl — /praʊl / (say prowl) verb (i) 1. to rove or go about stealthily in search of prey, plunder, etc. –verb (t) 2. to rove over or through in search of what may be found. –noun 3. the act of prowling. –phrase 4. on the prowl, a. moving about in a… …  

• prowl — v. & n. v. 1 tr. roam (a place) in search or as if in search of prey, plunder, etc. 2 intr. (often foll. by about, around) move about like a hunter. n. the act or an instance of prowling. Phrases and idioms: on the prowl moving about secretively… …   Useful english dictionary

• prowl — prowlingly, adv. /prowl/, v.i. 1. to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc. v.t. 2. to rove over or through in search of what may be found: The cat prowled the alleys in search of food. n. 3. act of prowling.… …   Universalium

• prowl — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if an animal prowls, it moves around an area quietly, especially because it is hunting another animal 2 (I, T) if someone prowls, they move around an area quietly, especially because they are involved in some criminal activity:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English