prowl

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   move about in or as if in a predatory manner

   The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town

2. 2
   verb

   To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.

   Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.

3. 3
   verb

   To idle; to go about aimlessly.

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

4. 4
   verb

   To collect by plunder.

   to prowl money

5. 5
   noun

   The act of prowling.

   I'm going on a midnight prowl.

6. 6
   noun

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

7. 7
   verb

   loiter about, with no apparent aim

Etymology

From Middle English prollen, of unknown origin.