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[stawk] 
,–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
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.
[Middle English stalken, from Old English -stealcian, to move stealthily (in bestealcian).] stalk'er n. |
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Main Entry: stalk·ing
Function: noun
: the act or crime of willfully and repeatedly following or harassing another person in circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to fear injury or death esp. because of express or implied threats; broadly : a crime of engaging in a course of conduct directed at a person that serves no legitimate purpose and seriously alarms, annoys, or intimidates that person
NOTE: Stalking is often considered to be aggravated when the conduct involved also violates a restraining order protecting the victim.
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