prowl Definition

prowl
verb, intr prowled, prowling

1. To go about stealthily, eg in search of prey.

Example: prowled the streets looking for likely victims
Thesaurus: creep, sneak, roam, lurk, skulk, range, slink, scavenge, stalk, steal, hunt, cruise, patrol, nose, rove.
intr
2. To pace restlessly.

noun

1. An act of prowling.

Derivative: prowler
noun

Idiom: on the prowl

Lurking about menacingly.

Looking for a sexual partner.

Etymology: 14c.