prowl

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, sneak, stay incognito, steal, stray, stroll, tramp, vagari, wander about II index lurk, perambulate, pursue (chase)

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  • Prowl — (rôder en anglais) est un nom porté par plusieurs personnages de l univers Transformers. C est devenu un terme couramment employé pour désigner les Autobots se transformant en voiture de police. Nom:Prowl puis Prowl II Affiliation:Autobots puis… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Prowl — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Prowl es el nombre de varios personajes en Transformers. Prowl es uno de los nombres más re utilizados en la franquicia Transformers, junto con Ironhide, Megatron, Mirage, Optimus Prime y Starscream, y su uso se ha… …   Wikipedia Español

  • 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 — 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 …   Wikipedia

  • Prowl — Prowl, v. i. To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prowl — Prowl, n. The act of prowling. [Colloq.] Smart. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 — prowl; prowl·er; …   English syllables

  • 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 — vb *wander, stray, roam, ramble, rove, range, gad, gallivant, traipse, meander …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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