"stalking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈstɑl.kɪŋ/ Audio: Nl-stalking.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from English stalking. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|en|stalking}} English stalking Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-|-}} stalking f (uncountable)
  1. stalking (act or crime of following and harassing someone). Tags: feminine, uncountable Related terms: stalken, stalker
    Sense id: en-stalking-nl-noun-jwPXYyrk Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɔːkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-stalking.wav [US] Forms: stalkings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English stalkynge, stalkyng, from Old English stealcung, from Proto-West Germanic *stalkungu, equivalent to stalk + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stalkynge}} Middle English stalkynge, {{m|enm|stalkyng}} stalkyng, {{inh|en|ang|stealcung}} Old English stealcung, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stalkungu}} Proto-West Germanic *stalkungu, {{suf|en|stalk|ing|id1=approach|id2=gerund noun}} stalk + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stalking (countable and uncountable, plural stalkings)
  1. The act of going stealthily. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stalking-en-noun-mwMSP7bz
  2. Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stalking-en-noun-Tmcjc6vM
  3. The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (crime of following or harassing): stalking [feminine] (Dutch), Stalking [neuter] (German), Nachstellung [feminine] (German), ストーキング (sutōkingu) (Japanese), 스토킹 (seutoking) (Korean), stalking [masculine] (Polish), nękanie [neuter] (Polish), ста́лкинг (stálking) [masculine] (Russian), ста́лкерство (stálkerstvo) [masculine] (Russian), panunubaybay (english: following without harassing) (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-stalking-en-noun-lEUHilt0 Disambiguation of 'crime of following or harassing': 3 4 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deer stalking, face-stalking, stalking horse, stalking-horse
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɔːkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-stalking.wav [US] Forms: stalkings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ Etymology: From stalk (“the stem of a plant”) + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|stalk#Etymology_1|ing|id2=gerund noun|t1=the stem of a plant}} stalk (“the stem of a plant”) + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stalking (countable and uncountable, plural stalkings)
  1. The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (removal of stalks): odszypułkowywanie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-stalking-en-noun-L5Z~SMmq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈstɔːkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-stalking.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɔːkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} stalking
  1. present participle and gerund of stalk Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: stalk
    Sense id: en-stalking-en-verb-YPbz57XN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 13 10 22 39 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 17 14 11 21 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 15 11 9 17 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈstal.kiŋk/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], stalking [nominative, singular], stalkingu [genitive, singular], stalkingowi [dative, singular], stalking [accusative, singular], stalkingiem [instrumental, singular], stalkingu [locative, singular], stalkingu [singular, vocative]
Rhymes: -alkiŋk Etymology: Borrowed from English stalking. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pl|en|stalking|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English stalking, {{bor+|pl|en|stalking}} Borrowed from English stalking Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in}} stalking m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in|tantum=s}}
  1. (crime) stalking (crime of following or harassing) Tags: inanimate, masculine Categories (topical): Crime Related terms: stalker, stalkerka, stalkować [imperfective]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2019 October 9, \"Tiny cub gives lion a huge fright\", Hindustan Times",
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