eye-stalk
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of eyestalk.
verb
(Of working dogs) To intensely stare to intimidate and control livestock.
verb
To look at someone in an evaluating or scrutinizing manner.
Example Sentences
- "I'd play cribbage with the herders and Jane would push the sheep to the top of the mesa, picking up the strays as she eye-stalked-chased (worried) the stragglers."
- "The private eye stalked the surgeon for several months but always seemed to be one step behind."
- "Micah shifted restlessly as he silently eye-stalked the people who had crowded into St. Patrick's Cathedral."
Inflected Forms
eye-stalks (plural)
eye-stalks (present, singular)
eye-stalking (participle, present)
eye-stalked (participle, past)
eye-stalked (past)