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Stalks vs Stalky - What's the difference?

stalks | stalky |

As a noun stalks

is .

As a verb stalks

is (stalk).

As an adjective stalky is

long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.

stalks

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (stalk)
  • stalky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 8, author=Mike Albo, title=Backstage All-Access Passwear, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=An adorably gangly salesman with stalky black hair and a cough (“I’m giving up smoking, and it’s all coming up”) set up a dressing room for me, and I tried on a black tux shirt with a subtly embroidered bib ($185), a soft ivory-colored jersey ($135) and an olive-green button-front shirt ($165). }}
  • Of a plant, having stalks.
  • Resembling or characteristic of a stalker.
  • a stalky ex-boyfriend

    Derived terms

    *stalkily *stalkiness