prowling
present participle ofprowl
prowl
verb[IorT]
uk/praʊl/us/praʊl/tomovearoundquietlyin aplacetryingnot to beseenorheard, such as ananimaldoes whenhunting:
There have beenreportsof amaskedman prowling in theneighbourhood.
Atnight,adultscorpionsprowl thedesertfor(=tryingtocatch)insects.
informalUnable tosleep, he prowled(=walkedwithoutpurpose)(about/around)thehotelcorridors.
Moving to avoid being seen
- creep
- prowl
- skulk
- slink
- sneak
- spirit
- stalk
- stalking
- steal
- stealth
- stealthily
- stealthy
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Altogether you have £36, 000, 000, and this is the backyard around which we are supposed to beprowlingin order to rob somebody.
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He was expecting a roaring lionprowlingaround seeking whom he could devour.
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The other night there was a manprowlingup and down the avenue looking up garden paths.
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But the tiger isprowlinground him and very difficult for him to avoid.
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I do not want this animalprowlingabout without knowing what sort of teeth it has.
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I did not goprowlinground the working man's backyard or when he was sick in bed to rob him of the few eggs that he had left to him.
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Theprowlingmay be foiled due to wrong footing, which may wake up the whole family.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Coral trout hunt in two different ways: by ambush and byprowling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I find a manprowlingabout my house with obviously felonious purposes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are eight other heroic-sized tiger statues throughout the park, including twoprowlingon top of the scoreboard in left field.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The criminalsprowlingaround the market see him as an angel, and eat him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The streets clearly are not safe; two bands of armed men areprowlingthe city.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When they pulled it off, a real, live panther wasprowlinginside.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, a downside of nightprowlinghas been the rampant bastardy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a result of the destroyer's instructions, theprowlingnight fighters knocked down one enemy floatplane.
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