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noun

as in hunting

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verb

present participle of stalk
1
as in chasing
to seek out (game) for food or sport lions stalking gazelles on the plains

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2
as in strutting
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements the irate customer stalked off in a huff

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Recent Examples of stalking
Noun
Police found probable cause to charge Garrity with third-degree felony stalking. — Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 Seidemann argued murder and stalking are different crimes and double jeopardy wouldn’t apply. — Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026 In August, Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges. — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 Short-term emergency protective orders to protect victims of harassment, abuse or stalking also can be issued, the Sacramento County Superior Court self-help site said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Myers was jailed for months and pleaded guilty to felony charges of harassment and stalking. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Three months after the video was posted online, the FBI arrested Michael David Barrett and charged him with interstate stalking. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026 In addition to murder-for-hire, Durk faces charges of conspiracy and stalking. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026 Luigi Mangione’s stunning eleventh-hour guilty plea to federal stalking charges is expected to send him to prison for decades, but the risky gambit might result in his release before his 60th birthday. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
Scandal, though, had a way of stalking the twenty-nine-year-old novelist. — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026 The company has also been sued in connection to a stalking case and a murder-suicide. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026 As with the previous hour, which opened with the Russian assassins stalking River and Sid at the bowling alley, this episode picks up at the suspense cliffhanger of these same assassins peeling off with an abducted Sid in their car. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 The district attorney's office argued Mangione's August admission in federal court is insufficient to preclude a state trial because stalking and murder are two different crimes. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Fisher said Moore entered the store and told a manager that the taxi driver was stalking her and trying to hurt her. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Mangione’s legal team successfully argued at the time the two underlying stalking charges in the federal indictment are not violent crimes. — Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026 In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped third-degree felony charges of home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The 60-year-old Statesville man has been charged with stalking and bigamy, according court records. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalking
  1. hunting
  2. chasing
  3. strutting
  4. prancing
  5. striding
Noun
  • March and September are particularly good months for aurora hunting, thanks to a seasonal boost in geomagnetic activity around the spring and autumn equinoxes.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Sharp suits and smoking jackets came alongside cocoon shapes, functional hunting jackets, double-breasted trenches and generous winter coats, with longer lengths and full collars suggesting the urban style of the 1980s and ’90s.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of hunting
Verb
  • Businesses that rediscover its values will gain what their velocity-chasing competitors cannot buy, borrow, or automate.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • In January 2025, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch changed the department pursuit policy, barring cops from chasing after vehicles fleeing car stops unless a felony crime or a violent misdemeanor was committed.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of chasing
Verb
  • The Tigers are off to their fourth consecutive 5-1 start under Drinkwitz, and their head coach is definitely strutting his stuff on the microphone week in and week out.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Argentina’s queen of perreo-rave has become a South American it-girl, landing buzzy domestic collaborations with Dillom and Emilia Mernes, and strutting into the international spotlight with guest spots on tracks from Shy Girl and Yeri Mua.
    — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of strutting
Verb
  • The steady hum of activity hits a particularly resonant pitch on the Second Sunday of each month when the street closes to vehicular traffic and becomes a European-style pedestrian mall with outdoor eateries and prancing pets on leash.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Iggy Pop, still prancing, howling and whooping with his chest exposed and jeans sliding down his waist, claims the title of the festival’s leading elder statesman.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of prancing
Verb
  • Nina nodded and looked across the restaurant to watch two tall women, flight attendants, striding resolutely through the concourse, their legs in perfect rhythm.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rossi is deeply inspired by Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, the Futurist sculpture of a figure striding forward, its body fragmented into aerodynamic forms that suggest speed and movement.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of striding

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“Stalking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalking. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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