Thesaurus results for STALKS

stalks

verb

present tense third-person singular of stalk

as in hunts

to seek out (game) for food or sport lions stalking gazelles on the plains

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as in struts

to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements the irate customer stalked off in a huff

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Recent Examples of stalks She’s loved by her family of humans (the Osteens) and other farm animals (including Elsie the cow; goats Honey, Dolly, Roger, Polly and Dodger; and Tom, the king of the turkeys who stalks around his enclosure like a pharaoh). — Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 Matt Black and Ryan Polly direct the story of a demonic entity that stalks message board moderators. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 The suspicions and secrets and lies pile on from there as a Night Stalker-like serial killer named The Trawler stalks wealthy estates and a Manson-like cult called the Riders of the After Life paint satanic symbols and invade homes. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 In parks, in backyards, in woods that are lovely, dark, and deep, a many-legged menace now stalks the land. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026 The returnees have strained local communities, many of which already have scant resources in a country where poverty is rife and malnutrition stalks the most vulnerable. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 The movie is set in a 13th-century English village and follows the townspeople as a mysterious, folkloric creature stalks their village. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 June 2026 After realizing that a mysterious, violent creature stalks the corridors, Clark manages to escape, but something about the Backrooms compels him. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Chive flowers can be harvested in the same way by cutting the woody flower stalks off at the soil line. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2026

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Jordan hunts estate sales, thrift stores and EcoSet, flips Facebook Marketplace scores and tends an ever-growing plant collection, treating her cozy apartment as a long-term nesting ground between film and TV jobs.

— Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
As its common name suggests, the giant huntsman spider actively hunts its prey, and its diet includes insects as well as small rodents and reptiles.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026

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Tracee Ellis Ross struts her stuff on the way out of Watch What Happens Live in New York City on July 23.

— People Staff, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
The movie plunks us down at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania struts out the door and into the back of an SUV, which will take her to the red-white-and-blue private plane painted with the word TRUMP that’s waiting for her at the airport.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026

Definition of struts

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Taita prances along rock walls and rolls in the dirt, meowing with his tail held high.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
In the music video for the song, Stiteler prances around several iconic locations in Puerto Rico and takes viewers on a visual journey across the Island.

— Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026