stalketh

Verb (1)

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

1. (transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
   • As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer.1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
2. (transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ
   • My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.
3. (intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
   • [Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend, / Pressing to be employed.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act IV, page 53
4. (intransitive) To walk behind something, such 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.1625, Francis [Bacon], Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC
5. (Internet, transitive) Of a person's social media activity: to look through thoroughly or obsessively; to keep tabs on, generally avoiding contact.
   • Coordinate term: lurk

Verb (2)

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

1. (intransitive) To walk haughtily.
   • With manly mien he stalked along the ground.1697, Virgil, “The Tenth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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