See stalking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "crime of following or harassing",
"word": "panunubaybay"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "crime of following or harassing",
"word": "غیر مجاز تعاقب"
}
],
"word": "stalking"
}
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"Rhymes:English/ɔːkɪŋ",
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"t1": "the stem of a plant"
},
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"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From stalk (“the stem of a plant”) + -ing.",
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"form": "stalkings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking."
],
"links": [
[
"stalk",
"stalk"
],
[
"winemaking",
"winemaking"
]
],
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"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈstɔːkɪŋ/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːkɪŋ"
},
{
"homophone": "stocking (cot–caught merger)"
}
],
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "removal of stalks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "odszypułkowywanie"
}
],
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}
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