Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proll

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: pro-ll
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To prowl or search after; to plunder, to rob.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"They walke not widely as they were wont, / For feare of raungers and the great hunt, / But prively prolling to and froe"
"VVhereas VVealth is a great ſinevv of Povver, he did invent divers vvays of dravving great ſtore thereof to himſelf. By hovv many tricks did he proll money from all parts of Chriſtendom?"
"1795?, Henry Stebbing […] the image of a fierce and ravenous beast, prolling up and down for his prey […]"

Etymology

See prowl.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prolls (present, singular) prolling (participle, present) prolled (participle, past) prolled (past)

Derived Forms

proller

Questions

What does proll mean?: To prowl or search after; to plunder, to rob.
Where does proll come from?: See prowl.

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