Collocations for "stalk"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stalk" in context.
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stalk
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a stalk of [corn, grass, wheat]
- [flower, leaf, plant] stalks
- [cut, chop] a stalk of celery
- hiding in the [corn] stalks
- running through the [corn] stalks
- [cut off, remove] dead stalks
- figurative: grown up like a bean stalk
- figurative: looks like a bean stalk
- the stalks should be knee high by [July]
- was chewing on a stalk of grass
- [drinking, champagne] glasses with long stalks
- the car's [control, indicator] stalks
- stalk him at [work, his house, night]
- stalk her from [work, class] to her [house, home]
- was stalked by a [maniac, fan]
- stalked out into the [night, dark]
- stalked [over, closer] to her
- stalked away from her
- stalked ahead of her
- stalked off
'stalk' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):