prowling

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹaʊlɪŋ/

Verb

prowling

  1. present participle and gerund of prowl

Noun

prowling (plural prowlings)

  1. The act of one who prowls.
    nightly prowlings
    • 1979 February 10, Allen Young, “Living In The Country”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 21:
      Most of us out here know that the city alternatives, with "every night fever" and pre-dawn prowlings, are neither attractive nor satisfying.