stalkless

Variant of stalk

intransitive verb

    1. to walk in a stiff, haughty, or grim manner
    2. to advance or spread grimly: plague stalks across the land
  1. to pursue or approach game, an enemy, etc. stealthily, as from cover
  2. Obsolete to walk or move along stealthily or furtively

Origin: ME stalken < OE stealcian (in comp.) < stealc, high, steep < IE *stelg- < base *stel-, to place, set up > still, Gr stellein

transitive verb

  1. to pursue or approach (game, prey, etc.) stealthily
  2. to stalk through: terror stalked the streets
  3. to follow or pursue (another person) persistently in a harassing and, typically, obsessive way

noun

  1. a slow, stiff, haughty, or grim stride
  2. the act of stalking game, an enemy, etc.

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