stalking

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
noun the act of following prey stealthily
verb walk stiffly

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

The terrible suspense of its stalking scraped his nerves. — Astounding Stories, August, 1931, Various
[111] William Scrope, author of Days of Deer Stalking, roy. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott
As we went, we passed a fine native stalking along. — The Man in the Brown Suit, Agatha Christie

stalk, still hunt

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