stalking

See also: Stalking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ
• Homophone: stocking (with cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

Verb

stalking

1. present participle and gerund of stalk

Etymology 2

From Middle English stalkynge, stalkyng, from Old English stealcung, from Proto-West Germanic *stalkungu, equivalent to stalk +‎ -ing.

Noun

stalking (countable and uncountable, plural stalkings)

1. The act of going stealthily.
   • 2019 October 9, "Tiny cub gives lion a huge fright", Hindustan Times:

     A tiny cub is learning the art of stalking a little too well it seems. A video posted on social media shows the cub surprising its mamma and giving her a huge fright. The short clip makes for a delightful watch.

2. Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush.
3. The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury.

Derived terms

• deer stalking
• face-stalking
• stalking horse
• stalking-horse

 

Translations

crime of following or harassing

• Dutch: stalking (nl) f
• German: Stalking (de) n, Nachstellung f
• Japanese: ストーキング (sutōkingu)
• Korean: 스토킹 (ko) (seutoking)
• Polish: stalking (pl) m, nękanie (pl) n
• Russian: ста́лкинг (ru) m (stálking), ста́лкерство (ru) m (stálkerstvo)
• Tagalog: panunubaybay (following without harassing)

Etymology 3

From stalk (“the stem of a plant”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

stalking (countable and uncountable, plural stalkings)

1. The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking.

Translations

removal of stalks

• Polish: odszypułkowywanie n

See also

• stalking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• talkings

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑl.kɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: stal‧king

Noun

stalking f (uncountable)

1. stalking (act or crime of following and harassing someone).

Related terms

• stalken
• stalker

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstal.kiŋk/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -alkiŋk
• Syllabification: stal‧king

Noun

stalking m inan

1. (crime) stalking (crime of following or harassing)

Declension

Declension of stalking

	singular
nominative	stalking
genitive	stalkingu
dative	stalkingowi
accusative	stalking
instrumental	stalkingiem
locative	stalkingu
vocative	stalkingu

Related terms

nouns

• stalker
• stalkerka

 

verb

• stalkować impf

 

Further reading

• stalking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stalking in Polish dictionaries at PWN