stalk
verb
- follow obsessively
- walk stiffly
noun
- plant stem
- protruding organ in an animal
- mathematical concept
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /stɔːk/ / /stoːk/ / /staːk/
noun
Etymology: Attested 1530 in the sense "to walk haughtily", perhaps from Old English stealc (“steep”), from Proto-Germanic *stelkaz, *stalkaz (“high, lofty, steep, stiff”); see above.
- A haughty style of walking.
verb
Etymology: Attested 1530 in the sense "to walk haughtily", perhaps from Old English stealc (“steep”), from Proto-Germanic *stelkaz, *stalkaz (“high, lofty, steep, stiff”); see above.
- To walk haughtily.
“With manly mien he stalked along the ground.”
“Then stalking through the deep, / He fords the ocean.”