to pursue (a prey or quarry) stealthily, so as eventually to effect a kill

to follow and watch (a person, often a celebrity) obsessively, often to the point of persecution

literary said of illness, death, or terror, etc: to sweep through (a population, etc)

to pursue a prey or quarry stealthily, for food or for sport

to walk away in a stiff haughty fashion

a stiff or haughty walk

With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch — Shakespeare

a slender upright supporting or connecting structure, esp in an animal

eyes projecting on stalks