prowl betydelse and definition

Betydelse av prowl på svenska

• 0 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.

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

  • There was a fox on the prowl earlier.

• 2 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.