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stalker | stalkerlike |

As a noun stalker

is stalker (a person who engages in stalking).

As an adjective stalkerlike is

resembling a stalker or his or her behaviour.

stalker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who engages in stalking. Originally meant a tracker and hunter or guide of game.
  • A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
  • Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
  • A kind of fishing net.

    • Synonyms

    * (a person who stalks game) tracker * (a person who secretly follows someone) prowler

    Anagrams

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    stalkerlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a stalker or his or her behaviour.
  • * 2002 , Rob Byrnes, Rachel Spencer, The Night We Met
    • ...I was afraid it would encourage the stalkerlike impulses I was trying to fight back.
  • * 2004 , Ariel Horn, Help Wanted, Desperately
    • And then the long, bitter sound of the cursed beep. This is the part where I'm supposed to leave yet another stalkerlike message...
  • * 2008 , George R R Martin, Daniel Abraham, Melinda M Snodgrass, Inside Straight
    • Jonathan waved, hoping the gesture was appropriately friendly and not particularly stalkerlike .