Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey.
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- verb Present participle of
prowl .
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Examples
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A woman more bone than skin prowling forward on bare feet.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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The story goes that I was out with a bunch of 6 or so single 30 something ladies, and let's just say that prowling is a verb that springs to mind.
Ye olden tymes. 2005
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The story goes that I was out with a bunch of 6 or so single 30 something ladies, and let's just say that prowling is a verb that springs to mind.
Archive 2005-02-01 2005
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The next day, the wolf's footsteps on the snow showed that he had spent the night in prowling round the hut, and that its frail defence had not excluded him from entering it.
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Less and less did he like the idea of prowling about the place of Henry Pollard at this time of night.
Six Feet Four Jackson Gregory 1912
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That Lycaelon was a stern master was no secret; he did not approve of his servants "prowling," as he put it, during the bells of proper sleep.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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Let's just say that even one of the analysts characterized Pitino's movements as "prowling" the other day.
March 2009 2009
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Let's just say that even one of the analysts characterized Pitino's movements as "prowling" the other day.
Tuesday Hangovers 2009
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Let's just say that even one of the analysts characterized Pitino's movements as "prowling" the other day.
Tuesday Hangovers 2009
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Justin Timberlake caught "prowling" a party for hookups.
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