[
US
/ˈstɔk/
]
[ UK /stˈɔːk/ ]
[ UK /stˈɔːk/ ]
VERB
-
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
the ghost of her mother haunted her
her ex-boyfriend stalked her -
go through (an area) in search of prey
stalk the woods for deer - walk stiffly
NOUN
- a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a stiff or threatening gait
- the act of following prey stealthily
How To Use stalk In A Sentence
- It would seem that efforts to train stalkers to high standards have been successful, and I would agree with that conclusion.
- Spider crabs stalked the seabed; wrasse, blennies, shannies and rockling darted over the reefs, and pollack wheeled overhead.
- I have had my share of stalkers and lechers and most times, I am careful enough not to allow it to lead to something dangerous. Passing Time
- In the end the keeners stalked the funeral processions screaming and shrieking all the more like vengeful banshees and had to be chased by the priests.
- As seeds ripened during the course of the experiment, the inflorescences were harvested by clipping the main stalk of each flowering culm just below the lowermost panicle branch.
- Facing off against Daredevil's way coolist foe of the day, Death-Stalker, the team-up had a great moment when the villain grabbed GR's flaming skull and was freaked to find that he wouldn't die. DAREDEVIL #102 Marvel Comics, 1973
- As usual with Saab, the design of the instruments and controls is almost perfect although the cruise control stalk is partly hidden from view.
- Several years ago a purchased plant threw out some seeds and we had one or two of this striking biennial with their felty leaves and vertical stalk of blooms for a short time. UT Blooms Days June 2008 « Fairegarden
- The fruit of the fig is about as big as a rounceval pea, or very small gooseberry; and each of them, upon breaking off the stalk very close, produces one drop of a milky liquor, resembling the juice of our figs, of which the tree is indeed a species. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13
- The Cotton grass has tiny flowers with tufts of white silky hairs at the top of a stalk.