aprowl

aprowl
\\əˈ-\ adjective
Etymology: a- (I) + prowl, v.
: in a state of activity or motion : on the prowl

battleships and cruisers were aprowl — J.A.Michener

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/euh prowl"/, adj.
moving about in stealthy search; covertly stalking or hunting; prowling (usually used predicatively): The sudden silence in the jungle gave warning that some huge carnivore was aprowl.
[A-1 + PROWL]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • aprowl — /euh prowl /, adj. moving about in stealthy search; covertly stalking or hunting; prowling (usually used predicatively): The sudden silence in the jungle gave warning that some huge carnivore was aprowl. [A 1 + PROWL] * * * …   Universalium

  • a|prowl — «uh PROWL», adverb, adjective. prowling about; on the prowl: »Along Madison Avenue…he bumped into a Dartmouth contemporary…aprowl for something to edit (New Yorker). ╂[< a 1 + prowl] …   Useful english dictionary

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