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Adjective stalking has 1 sense

stalking - moving silently and deliberately; especially pursuing stealthily and persistently; "we watched the stalking tiger approach his prey"; "a stalking specter on the castle walls at midnight"
Antonym: leading (indirect, via following)

Noun stalking has 2 senses

stalk, stalking, still hunt - a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush
--₁ is a kind of hunt, hunting
--₁ has particulars: deerstalking
Derived form: verb stalk₃
stalk, stalking - the act of following prey stealthily
--₂ is a kind of pursuit, chase, following

Verb stalk has 3 senses

stalk - walk stiffly
--₁ is one way to walk

Derived forms: noun stalk₅, noun stalker₁
Sample sentence:
The children stalk to the playground
haunt, stalk - follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
--₂ is one way to pursue, follow

Derived form: noun stalk₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
stalk - go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer"
--₃ is one way to pursue, follow

Derived forms: noun stalk₃, noun stalker₃, noun stalker₂, noun stalking₁
Sample sentence:
The men stalk the area for animals