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Prowl
prowl
(prowls, prowling, prowled) 1. If an animal or a person prowls around, they move around quietly, for example when they are hunting. Policemen prowled around the building. VERB: V prep/adv 2. If an animal is on the prowl, it is hunting. If a person is on the prowl, they are hunting for something such as a sexual partner or a business deal. Their fellow travellers are a mix of honeymooners, single girls on the prowl and elderly couples... The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending. PHRASE: v-link PHR, oft PHR for n
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English prollen Date: 14th century intransitive verb to move about or wander stealthily in or as if in search of prey transitive verb to roam over in a predatory manner • ~er noun II. noun Date: 1803 an act or instance of ~ing ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. roam (a place) in search or as if in search of prey, plunder, etc. 2 intr. (often foll. by about, around) move about like a hunter. --n. the act or an instance of prowling. Phrases and idioms on the prowl moving about secretively or rapaciously, esp. in search of sexual contact etc. prowl car US a police squad car. Derivatives prowler n. Etymology: ME prolle, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. рысканье to be on the prowl —- рыскать в поисках чего-либо (особенно добычи, пищи) to be on the prowl —- идти крадучись 2. рыскать, красться (в поисках добычи, врага) wolves prowl the forest —- волки рыщут по лесу he loved to prowl about the city —- он любил бродить по городу 3. беспокойно двигаться взад и вперед; шнырять submarines were prowling along our coast —- подводные лодки так и шныряли вдоль наших берегов 4. редк. мародерствовать 5. ам. разг. обыскивать (человека) he prowled me over carefully with his left hand —- левой рукой он тщательно ощупывал меня (в поисках оружия, денег) Id: to prowl the lines —- ав. совершать беспокоящие налеты на позиции противника ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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car amer. машина полицейского патруля PROWL round бродить, рыскать, шнырять; Be careful here, there are lions prowling about in the bush. Im sure I can hear somebody prowling around outside the windows. PROWL about бродить, рыскать, шнырять; Be careful here, there are lions prowling about in the bush. Im sure I can hear somebody prowling around outside the windows. PROWL 1. v. 1) красться, бродить, рыскать (в поисках добычи) 2) идти крадучись 3) мародерствовать - prowl about - prowlaround - prowl round Syn: see lurk 2. noun on the prowl - крадучись; to take a prowl round the streets - пойти бродить по улицам ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 1 if an animal prowls, it moves around an area quietly, especially because it is hunting another animal 2 if someone prowls, they move around an area quietly, especially because they are involved in some criminal activity (gangs prowling the streets) 3 to walk around a place because you do not have anything to do +around/abou (Kim prowled restlessly around the room.) ~2 n 1 be on the prowl to be moving around quietly looking for something or someone (police cars on the prowl) 2 an act of prowling ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1395, prollen, "move about in search of something," of unknown origin. Meaning "go stealthily in search of prey" is first recorded 1586. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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