Dictionary Entry
prowl
prowl is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.
- 2transitive verb
To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money.
- 3intransitive verb
To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.
- 4noun
The act of prowling.
- 5noun
the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)
- 6verb
move about in or as if in a predatory manner
"The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town"
- 7verb
loiter about, with no apparent aim
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