'Stalking' definitions:

Definition of 'stalking'

(from WordNet)
noun
A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush [syn: stalk, stalking, still hunt]
noun
The act of following prey stealthily [syn: stalk, stalking]

Definition of 'Stalking'

From: GCIDE
  • Stalk \Stalk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stalked (st[add]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Stalking.] [AS. staelcan, stealcian to go slowly; cf. stealc high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably akin to 1st stalk.]
  • 1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Into the chamber he stalked him full still. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • [Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend, Pressing to be employed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover. [1913 Webster]
  • The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led horse; . . . "I must stalk," said he. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To walk with high and proud steps; -- usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step. [1913 Webster]
  • With manly mien he stalked along the ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Then stalking through the deep, He fords the ocean. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he has long stalked alone and unchallenged. --Merivale. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'stalking'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Stalking'