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eye stalk

eye stalk is the alternative form of eye-stalk.

Meaning of eye-stalk

Verb

eye-stalk (third-person singular simple present eye-stalks, present participle eye-stalking, simple past and past participle eye-stalked)

  1. (herding) (Of working dogs) To intensely stare to intimidate and control livestock.
    • I'd play cribbage with the herders and Jane would push the sheep to the top of the mesa, picking up the strays as she eye-stalked-chased (worried) the stragglers.2002, Coppinger, Raymond =, Dogs : a new understanding of canine origin, behavior, and evolution, page 212
  2. (broadly) To look at someone in an evaluating or scrutinizing manner.
    • The private eye stalked the surgeon for several months but always seemed to be one step behind.1993, Flemming, Laraine E, chapter 8, in Reading for Results, page 390

Forms of eye stalk

third-person singular presenteye stalks
present participleeye stalking
past participleeye stalked
pasteye stalked

Questions about eye stalk

What is eye stalk the alternative form of?
Eye stalk is the alternative form of eye-stalk.

Words near eye stalk in the dictionary

  1. eye sight
  2. eye socket
  3. eye sockets
  4. eye splice
  5. eye splices
  6. eye stalk
  7. eye teeth
  8. eye test
  9. eye tests
  10. eye to eye
  11. eye tooth

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