stalking
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈstɔkɪŋ/
- Offensive
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- Stalking is often associated with obsessive behaviors towards another person.
- stalking behavior
- report stalking
- a stalking case
Post separation abuse and stalking and social shaming.
- Post separation abuse and stalking and social shaming.
- OK, what I've had it with is when Internet stalking goes so wrong.
- Though some of them may escalate to creepier and more concerning stalking behaviors.
- But but then like rhino stalking seems like those people that hunt them for their horns.
- And what I realized is that my discomfort with the people who are coming after me is a stalking based discomfort.
- So it, it felt very familiar to me, the kind of stalking, you know, I thought, I've seen this in my living room.
- It's between suave and what's it between suave and stalking.
- And that's all I can do when the words restraining order, stalking, abuse, when they're put out there, I think there's a lot of questions that come up.
Examples
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The predator was silently stalking its prey through the tall grass.
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If I'm a wildebeest and I see the leopard over there stalking through the underbrush, I should be afraid.
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That sounds like stalking, not robbery.
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Most stalking instruments are intended to study stalking in the context of a personal relationship or former relationship.
Academic text (2006) -
But domestic violence experts say electronic stalking is just as threatening.
Academic text (1994) -
Victims' rights experts agree that simply outlawing stalking is only half the battle.
Academic text (1994) -
Despite little scientific investigation, high-profile cases of celebrity stalking have received substantial media attention.
Academic text (2006) -
Cloaked by the high grasses of the African savanna, the stalking leopard moves stealthily...
Fiction book (1997) -
She felt uneasy knowing that someone was stalking her every move.
Synonyms
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2.7
Following animal or person tracks to find them
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6.3
A quiet search around a place for something
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7.1
To follow someone without their knowledge to watch where they go
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6.8
A secret act of following someone to watch what they do
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7.9
A quiet hunt in which a hunter moves slowly to catch an animal
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8.1
A way of hunting where the hunter moves very quietly or waits in one spot to surprise animals
Following tracks to find a person or animal
The act of going after someone to catch them
Antonyms
Compounds
How Stealthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stalking originally comes from old words meaning 'to walk quietly' and is connected to the common word stalk 'stem' of a plant, since hunters would move low and close to plants to stay hidden. So, stalking today means following a person or animal slowly and secretly, especially when hunting.