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STALKER

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stalk

2  [stawk] ,
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–verb (used without object)
1. to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily.
2. to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye.
3. to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner: Famine stalked through the nation.
4. Obsolete. to walk or go stealthily along.
–verb (used with object)
5. to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily.
6. to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry: to stalk the woods for game.
7. to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner: Disease stalked the land.
–noun
8. an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
9. a slow, stiff stride or gait.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME stalken (v.), repr. the base of OE bestealcian to move stealthily, stealcung stalking (ger.); akin to steal

Related forms:
stalk⋅a⋅ble, adjective
stalker, noun
stalk⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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stalk 2   (stôk)   
v.   stalked, stalk·ing, stalks

v.   intr.

  1. To walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait: stalked off in a huff.

  2. To move threateningly or menacingly.

  3. To track prey or quarry.

v.   tr.

  1. To pursue by tracking stealthily.

  2. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.

  3. To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.


[Middle English stalken, from Old English -stealcian, to move stealthily (in bestealcian).]
stalk'er n.
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Word Origin & History

stalk  (n.)
"stem of a plant," c.1325, probably a dim. (with -k suffix) of stale "one of the uprights of a ladder, handle, stalk," from O.E. stalu "wooden part" (as of a harp), from P.Gmc. *stalo; related to O.E. steala "stalk, support," and steall "place" (see stall (2)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: stalk
Pronunciation: 'stok
Function: transitive verb
: to subject to stalking intransitive verb : to engage in stalking —stalk·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: stalk
Pronunciation: 'stok
Function: noun
: a slender supporting or connecting part : PEDUNCLE stalk> —stalked /'stokt/ adjective —stalk·less adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

stalk (stôk)
n.
A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that connects or supports an organ.

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