different between colt vs stalking

English

Etymology

From Middle English colt, from Old English colt (“young donkey, young camel”), from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Faroese koltur (“colt, foal”) Norwegian kult (“treestump”), Swedish kult (“young boar, boy, lad”). Related to child.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??lt/, [k??lt], (also) /k?lt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko?lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt

Noun

colt (plural colts)

1. A young male horse.

   Coordinate term: filly

2. A young crane (bird).
3. (figuratively) A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, I. ii. 38:

     Ay, that's a colt indeed, for he doth nothing but / talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation to / his own good parts that he can shoe him himself.

   1. (cricket, slang) A professional cricketer during his first season.
      • 1882, The Downside Review (volume 1, page 287)

        The bowling is more promising in the colts than in the eleven.

4. (nautical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
5. (biblical) A young camel or donkey.

Derived terms

• colt's tooth

Translations

Verb

colt (third-person singular simple present colts, present participle colting, simple past and past participle colted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To horse; to get with young.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, II. iv. 133:

     Never talk on't: / She hath been colted by him.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To befool.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, II. ii. 36:

     What a plague mean ye to colt me thus?

3. To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.

   • They shook off their bridles and began to colt.

Synonyms

• (to act licentiously or wantonly): See Thesaurus:harlotize

See also

• stallion, mare, foal, filly, horseling

Further reading

• colt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• colt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• TLOC, clot

French

Noun

colt m (plural colts)

1. Colt (gun)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• colte, cowlt

Etymology

From Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?lt/, /k??lt/

Noun

colt (plural coltes)

1. A juvenile equid or camel; a colt.
2. (derogatory, rare) A human child.

Descendants

• English: colt
• Scots: colt, cout, cowt
• Yola: caule, caul, kawle

References

• “colt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k??
• Homophone: stocking (with cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

Verb

stalking

1. present participle of stalk

Etymology 2

From Old English stealcung; equivalent to stalk +? -ing.

Noun

stalking (countable and uncountable, plural stalkings)

1. The act of going stealthily.
   • 2019 October 9, "Tiny cub gives lion a huge fright", Hindustan Times:

     A tiny cub is learning the art of stalking a little too well it seems. A video posted on social media shows the cub surprising its mamma and giving her a huge fright. The short clip makes for a delightful watch.

2. Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush.
3. The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury.

Translations

Etymology 3

From stalk (“stem of a plant”).

Noun

stalking (countable and uncountable, plural stalkings)

1. The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking.

See also

• stalking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• talkings

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English stalking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?l.k??/
• Hyphenation: stal?king

Noun

stalking f (uncountable)

1. stalking (act or crime of following and harassing someone).

Related terms

• stalken
• stalker