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prolling

prolling is the present participle and gerund of proll.

Meaning of proll

Verb

proll (third-person singular simple present prolls, present participle prolling, simple past and past participle prolled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To prowl or search after; to plunder, to rob.
    • They walke not widely as they were wont, / For feare of raungers and the great hunt, / But prively prolling to and froe1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “September. Ægloga Nona.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Questions about prolling

What is prolling the present participle and gerund of?
Prolling is the present participle and gerund of proll.

Words near prolling in the dictionary

  1. prolixness
  2. proll
  3. prolled
  4. proller
  5. prollers
  6. prolling
  7. prolls
  8. prolly
  9. prolobitid
  10. prolobitids
  11. prolockdown

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