stalker
pronunciation
How to pronounce stalker in British English:
UK [ˈstɔ:kə(r)]
How to pronounce stalker in American English:
US ['stɔkər]
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- Noun:
- someone who walks with long stiff strides
- someone who stalks game
- someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
Word Origin
- stalker (n.)
- early 15c., "a poacher;" also "one who prowls for purposes of theft" (c. 1500), agent noun from stalk (v.1). Meaning "obsessive harasser" is from early 1990s.
Example
- 1. A real-world stalker can be arrested within hours .
- 2. She probably thought I was some kind of stalker .
- 3. Are you really a stalker ?
- 4. Allison tan never thought of herself as a stalker .
- 5. Then they 'll never catch the stalker .