prowl n : the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)

1 move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town"

2 loiter about, with no apparent aim [syn: lurch]

English

Verb

1. To be on the lookout for some prey.

   Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.

2. To be watching over something.

   It's tough to sneak vandalism into Wikipedia as there are plenty of other users prowling the recent changes page.

3. To fanny about, seemingly aimlessly.

   That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.

Translations

Derived terms

• prowler

Prowl may mean the following:

• A Prowl is a type of gait in humans
• The act of predation in animals
• Prowl (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers toy line

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