The action of stalk, v.1; †stealthy movement (obsolete); pursuit of game by the method of stealthy approach.

transferred and figurative. The action of moving slowly, stealthily, or in a servile manner.

That creeps or sneaks by hedges; clandestine, base; cf. hedge, n. compounds 2.

The action of steal, v.1 in its various senses. Also in combinations with adverbs, as stealing-forth, stealing-in.

An act of going furtively. Obsolete. rare.

The action of stealing or going furtively into or out of a place; the action of stealing or gliding along unperceived. Obsolete.

Introduction or entrance by winding, indirect, or stealthy motion; creeping or slipping in covertly or stealthily; stealing in.

The action of moving quietly or stealthily, etc.; also attributive.

The action of the verb in various senses. Also with prepositions and adverbs.

The action or an act of prowling; roaming or roving about, esp. in search of plunder or prey or (in later use) sexual conquests; chiefly in on (forme…

The action of creeping; slow or stealthy motion. (literal and figurative.)

Cant. The act or practice of stealing in unperceived in order to rob; a robbery effected in this manner. Usually in upon the sneak. Also more…

The action of prowling about. In phrase on the lurk. Cf. lurch, n.2 2.

A slinking, sneaking, or stealthy pace or tread.

The action of pussyfoot, v.; an instance of this.