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bird-dogging

bird-dogging verb: following candidates and asking pointed questions at each stop. Also the present participle and gerund of bird-dog.

Verb

bird-dogging

  1. (intransitive, slang) Following candidates and asking pointed questions at each stop.
    • Among his tasks in the lead up to 2000 was "bird-dogging", following candidates and asking pointed questions at each stop.2021, Barbara Trish, William J Menner, chapter 4, in Inside the Bubble

Also used as

bird-dogging is also the present participle and gerund of bird-dog.

Questions about bird-dogging

What does bird-dogging mean?
Bird-dogging means following candidates and asking pointed questions at each stop.
What part of speech is bird-dogging?
Bird-dogging is a verb.

Words near bird-dogging in the dictionary

  1. bird-catcher tree
  2. bird-cherry ermine
  3. bird-cherry ermines
  4. bird-dog
  5. bird-dogged
  6. bird-dogging
  7. bird-dogs
  8. bird-eyed
  9. bird-feeder
  10. bird-feeders
  11. bird-headed

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