Associations to the word «Prowl»

Wiktionary

PROWL, verb. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
PROWL, verb. To idle; to go about aimlessly.
PROWL, verb. (obsolete) To collect by plunder.
PROWL, noun. (colloquial) The act of prowling.
PROWL CAR, noun. (US) (dated) (slang) A police patrol car.

Dictionary definition

PROWL, noun. The act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner).
PROWL, verb. Move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town".
PROWL, verb. Loiter about, with no apparent aim.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats