prowl

3 definitions • 6 examples

to move around quietly in a place trying not to be seen or heard, such as an animal does when hunting:

There have been reports of a masked man prowling in the neighbourhood.

At night, adult scorpions prowl the desert for (= trying to catch) insects.

informal Unable to sleep, he prowled (= walked without purpose) (about/around) the hotel corridors.

to be moving around quietly in a place trying not to be seen or heard:

There was a fox on the prowl earlier.

to move around an area quietly and secretly, as when hunting:

[ T ] At night, scorpions prowl the desert for insects.

[ I ] There have been reports of a man prowling in the neighborhood.