1. A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
   "The hunter practised stalking through the dense forest";
   - stalk, still hunt
    
2. The act of following prey stealthily
   "The photographer's stalking of rare birds required patience";
   - stalk

1. Persistently follow, pursue, or appear to someone in an unwanted and disturbing way
   "her ex-boyfriend stalked her";
   - haunt
    
2. Pursue or follow stealthily
   "stalk the woods for deer"
    
3. Walk stiffly
   "The soldier stalked across the parade ground"

Derived forms: stalkings

Type of: chase, follow, hunt, hunting, pursual, pursue, pursuit, walk

Encyclopedia: Stalking