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   Stalk

   /stôk/

   

   verb

   • 1. pursue or approach stealthily: "a cat stalking a bird" Similar creep up ontrailfollowshadowtrack downgo afterbe afterdoghoundcoursehuntpursuechasegive chase torun afterinformal:tail
   • ▪ move silently or threateningly through (a place): literary "the tiger stalks the jungle"
   • 2. harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention: "for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her"
   • 3. stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner: "without another word she turned and stalked out" Similar strutstridemarchflouncestormstompsweepswaggerprance

   noun

   • 1. a stealthy pursuit of someone or something: "this time the stalk would be on foot"
   • 2. a stiff, striding gait.

   Word Origin late Old English-stealcian (in bistealcian ‘walk cautiously or stealthily’), of Germanic origin; related to steal.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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