prowl (praʊl)

—vb (when intr, often foll by around or about)
1.	to move stealthily around (a place) as if in search of prey or plunder

—n
2.	the act of prowling
3.	on the prowl
	a. moving around stealthily
	b. zealously pursuing members of the opposite sex

[C14 prollen, of unknown origin]

'prowler

—n

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prowler definition

(Unix) A daemon that is run periodically (typically once a week) to seek out and erase core files, truncate administrative logfiles, nuke "lost+found" directories, and otherwise clean up the cruft that tends to pile up in the corners of a file system.
See also GFR, reaper, skulker.
(1995-02-14)

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