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- pronunciation:
- stawk
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
stalks, stalking, stalked |
| definition 1: |
to walk in a stiff, confident, often threatening, manner.
The police officer stalked in and gave the boy an accusing look.- similar words:
- stamp, stomp, strut, tramp, walk
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| definition 2: |
to track and follow.
A lion will stalk an animal before it makes a kill.
- synonyms:
- track
- similar words:
- ambush, chase, dog, follow, hound, hunt, pursue, shadow, tail, trail
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| related words: |
prey, quest, run down, step |
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| derivations: |
stalkable (adj.), stalkingly (adv.), stalker (n.) |
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