Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stalky

/stˈɔki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: stalky
IPA: /stˈɔki/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.

adj

Of a plant, having stalks.

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I peeped between the stalky parts of the Lindsays’ lilacs."
"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)."
"a stalky ex-boyfriend"

Etymology

From stalk + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: stalk

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

stalkier (comparative) stalkiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

stalkily stalkiness

Rhymes With

milwaukee walkie talkie haughey talky gawky balky chalky squawky mawky

Questions

How do you pronounce stalky?: The recorded pronunciation is /stˈɔki/.
What does stalky mean?: Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
Where does stalky come from?: From stalk + -y.

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