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Verb: stalk  stok
  1. Walk stiffly
     
  2. Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
    "her ex-boyfriend stalked her";
    - haunt
     
  3. Go through (an area) in search of prey
    "stalk the woods for deer"
Noun: stalk  stok
  1. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
    - chaff, husk, shuck [N. Amer], straw, stubble
     
  2. A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
    - stem
     
  3. A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
    - stalking, still hunt
     
  4. The act of following prey stealthily
    - stalking
     
  5. A stiff or threatening gait
    - angry walk

Derived forms: stalked, stalks, stalking

Type of: chase, follow, following, gait, hunt, hunting, plant material, plant organ, plant substance, pursual, pursue, pursuit, walk

Encyclopedia: Stalk