stalk
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: stôk, IPA: /stɔːk/, SAMPA: /stO:k/
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- Homophones: stork (non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
[edit] Etymology 1
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[edit] Noun
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stalk (plural stalks)
- The longish piece that supports the seed-carrying parts of a plant.
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Old English bestealcian
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to stalk (third-person singular simple present stalks, present participle stalking, simple past and past participle stalked)
- To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
- To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.
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stalk (plural stalks)
- A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
- (of wild animals) A hunt.
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[edit] Etymology 3
Perhaps from Old English stealcung (“‘a stalking’”), from stealc (“‘steep, lofty’”).
[edit] Verb
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to stalk (third-person singular simple present stalks, present participle stalking, simple past and past participle stalked)
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