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/stˈɔkɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Stalk v. t.

1.

To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game. "As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer."

2.

To follow (a person) persistently, with or without attempts to evade detection; as, the paparazzi stalk celebrities to get candid photographs; obsessed fans may stalk their favorite movie stars.

Stalk v. i. (past & past part. stalked; pres. part. stalking)

1.

To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun. "Into the chamber he stalked him full still." "(Bertran) stalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend, Pressing to be employed."

2.

To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover. "The king... crept under the shoulder of his led horse;... "I must stalk," said he." "One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk."

3.

To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step. "With manly mien he stalked along the ground." "Then stalking through the deep, He fords the ocean." "I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he has long stalked alone and unchallenged."

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"Stalking" Quotes from Famous Books

... the artist has caught with rare skill the look of reverie and repose. One can imagine that on a certain night, as the mists and shadows of evening were gathering along the dark river, the gaunt form, wrapped in its accustomed cloak, came stalking down the little street to the park, just as he did thousands of times, and taking his seat in the big chair fell asleep. In the morning the children that came to play along the river found the form ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great • Elbert Hubbard

... said Wally happily, "carrying on the good work by stalking through London with three kids sticking out of his pockets—followed by Norah, armed ...

— Captain Jim • Mary Grant Bruce

... task is that of Densuke. Condescend so far to favour him." His obvious terror threatened collapse even of the influence of Daihachiro[u]. An old remnant of the back of a corselet was at hand. Said Daihachiro[u]—"This is still better. It is metal. In it goes. Now off with you." Stalking along in the rear of the unfortunate cook, Daihachiro[u] kept within easy distance of a sword blow. At the gate he said—"Pray grant passage. Densuke takes washing of this Daihachiro[u]—bed quilts and futon to be renovated."—"Respectfully heard ...

— The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari - Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) • James S. De Benneville

... as little order and constructive art as might be expected from the webbed feet and clumsy bill of these birds, the latter better adapted for seizing fish than for forming a delicate nest. The long-legged, broad-billed flamingo, who is continually stalking over muddy flats in search of food, heaps up the mud into a conical stool, on the top of which it lays its eggs. The bird can thus sit upon them conveniently, and they are kept dry, out of ...

— Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection - A Series of Essays • Alfred Russel Wallace

... mountains of Morven and the glens of Argyll of the deep-voiced hound speeding in pursuit of his antlered prey, racing him at full stretch along the mountain's ridge, or baying him at last in the fastness of darksome corrie or deep ravine. Gone are the good romantic days of stalking beloved by Scrope. The Highlands have lost their loneliness, and the inventions of the modern gunsmith have robbed one of the grandest of hunting dogs of his glory, relegating him to the life of a pedestrian pet, whose highest dignity is the winning ...

— Dogs and All About Them • Robert Leighton

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