Prowl

Verb

 * 1) To be on the lookout for some prey.
 * Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.
 * 1) To be watching over something.
 * It's tough to sneak vandalism into Wikipedia as there are plenty of other users prowling the recent changes page.
 * 1) To fanny about, seemingly aimlessly.
 * That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.
 * 1) To walk authoratively.

Derived terms

 * on the prowl

Adverbs for Prowl
nefariously; nocturnally; satanically; thievishly; viciously; slyly; characteristically; hellishly; perniciously; rapaciously; fiendishly; mutely.

Thesaurus
bat around, bum, clandestine behavior, clandestinity, couch, count ties, cover, covertness, crawl, creep, cruise, divagate, drift, flit, furtiveness, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go on tiptoe, go the rounds, grovel, gumshoe, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, hunting, inch, inch along, jaunt, knock about, knock around, lay wait, lie in wait, lurk, meander, mooch, nightwalk, nomadize, pad, patrol, peregrinate, pererrate, prowling, pussyfoot, ramble, range, range over, roam, rove, run about, saunter, scavenge, scour, scrabble, scramble, searching, seeking, shadow, shiftiness, sidle, skulk, slink, slinkiness, slyness, snake, sneak, sneakiness, stalk, stalking, steal, steal along, stealth, stealthiness, straggle, stray, stroll, surreptitiousness, tippytoe, tiptoe, tracking, traipse, tramp, underground activity, underhand dealing, vagabond, vagabondize, walk the tracks, wander, wayfare, worm, worm along

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian: portyázik


 * Italian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, lófrál


 * Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh

Derived terms

 * prowler