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dogging out

dogging out is the present participle and gerund of dog out.

Meaning of dog out

Verb

dog out (third-person singular simple present dogs out, present participle dogging out, simple past and past participle dogged out)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To approach (someone) in a sexual manner.
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To verbally or physically abuse (someone).
  3. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To mistreat (someone), especially for a pimp or abusive man to mistreat a woman by prostituting her.
    • "The first obstacle you need to overcome is your attitude about black people being dogged out by the entire white race."2002, Ricardo Sherman, Back in the Daze

Questions about dogging out

What is dogging out the present participle and gerund of?
Dogging out is the present participle and gerund of dog out.

Words near dogging out in the dictionary

  1. doggin'
  2. dogginess
  3. dogging
  4. dogging around
  5. dogging it
  6. dogging out
  7. doggings
  8. doggirl
  9. doggish
  10. doggishly
  11. doggishness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dogging out (page history and authors); dog out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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