Definition of Stalking

1. Noun. A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush.

Exact synonyms: Stalk, Still Hunt
Generic synonyms: Hunt, Hunting
Specialized synonyms: Deerstalking
Derivative terms: Stalk, Stalk

2. Noun. The act of following prey stealthily.
Exact synonyms: Stalk
Generic synonyms: Chase, Following, Pursual, Pursuit
Derivative terms: Stalk

Definition of Stalking

1. Verb. (present participle of stalk) ¹

2. Noun. Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush ¹

3. Noun. The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stalking

1. the act of one that stalks [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stalking

stalk of epiglottis
stalkable
stalked
stalked hydatid
stalked puffball
stalkee
stalkees
stalker
stalkerazzi
stalkerish
stalkerlike
stalkers
stalkier
stalkiest
stalkily
stalking (current term)
stalking-horse
stalking horse
stalking horses
stalkingly
stalkings
stalkless
stalklike
stalko
stalkoes
stalks
stalkumentaries
stalkumentary
stalky
stall

Literary usage of Stalking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1899)
"The comparison is undoubtedly a very apt one, as those who have spent much life with Highland shepherds will well know; and in the early days of stalking, ..."

2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1888)
"I have always shot them whilst stalking, and it is my boast that, although I have often had the opportunity, I never demeaned myself by shooting a ..."

3. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1902)
"Mr. Arthur P. Silver writes in the Badminton Magazine on deer-stalking in Newfoundland. ... In view of the admirable deer-stalking, grouse- shooting and ..."

4. Sporting Sketches in South America by William Robert Kennedy (1892)
"stalking the Ostrich.—Coursing the Ostrich.— Hunting the Ostrich with the Bolas. ... Guanaco-stalking. Hunting the Guanaco with dogs. 5. Gary - shooting. ..."

5. Echoes from the Backwoods: Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life by Richard George Augustus Levinge (1846)
"Deer-stalking in the woods—Of the best kind of gun for Upper Canada—The log-hut and process of clearing the land—Water-fowl—Novel kind of card-table—Long ..."

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