provocative
— Adjective
– English
～ serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope
provocatively
— Adverb
– English
～ in a provocative manner; "`Try it,' he said provocatively"
provoke
— Verb
– English
～ call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
provoke
— Verb
– English
～ provide the needed stimulus for
provoke
— Verb
– English
～ evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
provoke
— Verb
– English
～ annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
provoked
— Adjective
– English
～ incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child"
provoker
— Noun
– English
～ someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
provoking
— Adjective
– English
～ causing or tending to cause anger or resentment; "a provoking delay at the airport"
provokingly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a provocative manner; "`Try it,' he said provocatively"
Provos
— Noun
– English
～ a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
provost guard
— Noun
– English
～ a detachment under the command of a provost marshall
provost marshal
— Noun
– English
～ the supervisor of the military police
provost
— Noun
– English
～ a high-ranking university administrator
provost court
— Noun
– English
～ a military court for trying people charged with minor offenses in an occupied area
prow
— Noun
– English
～ front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
prowess
— Noun
– English
～ a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"
prowl car
— Noun
– English
～ a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
prowl
— Noun
– English
～ the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)
prowl
— Verb
– English
～ loiter about, with no apparent aim