Meaning

6 senses
  1. A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.

    Pirschjäger, Pirschjägerin

    ло́вчийlóvčij, следопы́тsledopýt, охо́тникoxótnik

    someone who stalks game

  2. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.

    Stalker, Stalkerin, Nachsteller

    пресле́довательpreslédovatelʹ, пресле́довательницаpreslédovatelʹnica, ста́лкерstálker

    someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

  3. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.

  4. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.

  5. A horse that tends to stay just behind the leaders in a race.

  6. (obsolete)A kind of fishing net.

Examples

55 sentences
  1. The last thing Tom needs is another stalker.

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  2. Tom has a stalker.

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  3. I'm not a stalker.

    deIch bin kein Stalker.

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  4. Rima had a stalker for about four months.

    За Рімою хтось слідкував близько чотирьох місяців.

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  5. Sami was kind of a stalker.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
person who stalks game:
person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who stalks game:
person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions:

Origin

From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk + -er.

From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk + -er.

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Forms

plural: stalkers
Singularstalker
Pluralstalkers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
person who secretly follows someone:prowler
person who stalks game:tracker
Close in meaning
  • someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions:prowlersneak

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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