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proul

proul is the obsolete form of prowl.

Meaning of prowl

Verb

prowl (third-person singular simple present prowls, present participle prowling, simple past and past participle prowled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
    • Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.
  2. (intransitive) To idle; to go about aimlessly.
    • That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To collect by plunder.
    • to prowl money

See all 4 meanings of prowl

Forms of proul

third-person singular presentprouls
present participleprouling
past participleprouled
pastprouled

Questions about proul

What is proul the obsolete form of?
Proul is the obsolete form of prowl.

Words near proul in the dictionary

  1. Prouhet
  2. Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem
  3. prouide
  4. prouision
  5. prouisions
  6. proul
  7. prouled
  8. prouler
  9. proulers
  10. prouling
  11. prouls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proul (page history and authors); prowl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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