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PRONUNCIATION OF PROWL CAR

prowl car  [praʊl kɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROWL CAR

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Prowl car is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROWL CAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

prowl car

Police car

A police car is a ground vehicle used by police, to assist with their duties in patrolling and responding to incidents. Typical uses of a police car include transportation for officers to reach the scene of an incident quickly, to transport suspects, or to patrol an area, while providing a high visibility deterrent to crime. Some police cars are specially adapted for certain locations or for certain operations. The first police car was a wagon run by electricity fielded on the streets of Akron, Ohio, in 1899. The first operator of the police patrol wagon was Akron Police officer Louis Mueller, Sr. It could reach 16 mph and travel 30 mi before its battery needed to be recharged. The car was built by city mechanical engineer Frank Loomis. The US$2,400 vehicle was equipped with electric lights, gongs and a stretcher. The car's first assignment was to pick up a drunken man at the junction of Main and Exchange streets. Terms for police cars include cruiser, squad car, area car and patrol car. In some places, a police car may also be informally known as a cop car, a black and white, a cherry top, a gumball machine, a jam sandwich or panda car.

Definition of prowl car in the English dictionary

The definition of prowl car in the dictionary is a police patrol car.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROWL CAR


advocaat
ˈædvəʊˌkɑː
autocar
ˈɔːtəʊˌkɑː
Bhaskar
ˈbʌsˌkɑː
car
kɑː
carr
kɑː
hoka
ˈhɒkɑː
ka
kɑː
microcar
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɑː
Neckar
ˈnɛkɑː
rent-a-car
ˈrentəˌkɑː
scar
skɑː
Shankar
ˈʃæŋkɑː
sidecar
ˈsaɪdˌkɑː
sircar
səˈkɑː
ska
skɑː
stock-car
stɒk kɑː
streetcar
ˈstriːtˌkɑː
supercar
ˈsuːpəˌkɑː
taka
ˈtɑːkɑː
trocar
ˈtrəʊkɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROWL CAR

provost court
provost guard
provost marshal
provostry
provostship
prow
prowar
prowess
prowessed
prowl
prowler
prowling
prowlingly
prox.
proxemic
proxemics
proxies
Proxima
Proxima Centauri
proximal

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROWL CAR

cable car
chauffeur-driven car
classic car
family car
flat car
getaway car
hire car
hybrid car
kit car
mail car
passenger car
patrol car
police car
race car
racing car
rental car
saloon car
sports car
stock car
touring car

Synonyms and antonyms of prowl car in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prowl car» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROWL CAR

Find out the translation of prowl car to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prowl car from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prowl car» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巡逻车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coche patrulla
570 millions of speakers

English

prowl car
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छिपकर कार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيارة جوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рыскать автомобиля
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carro espreita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চুপচাপ গাড়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voiture d´incursion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kereta prowl
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Streifenwagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

徘徊車
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배회 차
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mobil prowl
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi vơ vẩn xe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரேவ் கார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उधळ कार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

devriye arabası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto caccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

myszkować samochód
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нишпорити автомобіля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

masina panda
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυνήγι αυτοκινήτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

surveillerende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jakt bil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

luske bil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prowl car

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROWL CAR»

The term «prowl car» is used very little and occupies the 169.587 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROWL CAR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prowl car

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROWL CAR»

Discover the use of prowl car in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prowl car and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
Then I could. A couple of tiny holes in his coat, over his heart. There was a little blood on his shirt. The drunk was everything you could ask — as a killer. The prowl-car boys came in about eight minutes. The kid, Lew Petrolle, was back behind ...
Tony Hillerman, Otto Penzler, 2001
2
99 Cent Adventure Time Stories Death In the Quiet Zone
Stokes, from Prowl Car 40, was tying cloth about my head and someone had already fixed a sort of bandage on the wound in my left shoulder. I lifted myself numbly. Stokes helped me. “Easy, Ralston,” he cautioned. One horrible, burning  ...
Leo Stalnaker, 2014
3
Pimp: The Story of My Life
They dragged him to the prowl car and threw him into the back seat. A short middle-aged white broad stepped to the side of the fallen figure. She was wringing her hands. She was wearing a bar apron. She stooped and stroked the figure's ...
Iceberg Slim, 2009
4
Impotent Cops: And Their Wee Willy Complex
Following us was another prowl car cop trawling for drunk drivers recovering at the diner from making the rounds of the bars; he promptly pulled us over at random, explaining no probable cause for the inexplicable traffic stop. I cracked open ...
Joseph Jr Covino, 2009
5
The Score: A Parker Novel
The prowl car had backed away from the gate, and swung to the right. Littlefield put the wagon in gear, and followed the prowl car down Copper Street toward the other gate. Closed luncheonettes and bars and barber shops and tailors were ...
Richard Stark, 2010
6
A Price to Pay
Calling a prowl car to swing by and pick up the prisoner, the cop and the former cop used the short waiting time to catch up on current happenings in their respective lives, deciding to have the planned but interrupted dinner as soon as the ...
Robert E. Chaney, 2011
7
The Second Randall Garrett Megapack: 19 Classic Science ...
“That's the prowl car,” he announced, and went over to meet it . The driver was a solidly built little man with the face of a Pekingese . His partner, a tall man who looked as if he'd have been much more comfortable in a ten-gallon Stetson ...
Randall Garrett, 2013
8
The Guilty Are Afraid
As I pulled up outside the hotel, I saw a prowl car parked a few yards ahead of me. I got out of the Buick. The door of the prowl car swung open and Candy appeared. He came towards me, moving heavily, his jaw working as he chewed.
James Hadley Chase, 2000
9
Mixed Blood
He grinned and lit a smoke, offering one to Burn, who shook his head. Nolan drove through downtown Milwaukee. He kept to the speed limit. He stopped at the lights. Then a prowl car nosed up behind them, and the cop driving whooped the ...
Roger Smith, 2011
10
The Simple Art of Murder: A Philip Marlowe Mystery
The prowl car at the curb was a dark bulk. Its headlights burned along the cracked sidewalk. He couldn't see into it. He sighed, opened the door and walked quickly, but not too quickly, down the wooden steps fromthe porch. Theprowl car was ...
Raymond Chandler, 2014

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