"stalky" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: stalkier [comparative], stalkiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːki Etymology: stalk + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stalk|y}} stalk + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} stalky (comparative stalkier, superlative stalkiest)
  1. Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
    Sense id: en-stalky-en-adj-Z5rE5T7z
  2. Of a plant, having stalks.
    Sense id: en-stalky-en-adj-vpN-oYuk
  3. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-stalky-en-adj-zDribByH Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 17 19 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stalkily, stalkiness

Inflected forms

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