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hound-dogging

hound-dogging is the present participle and gerund of hound-dog.

Meaning of hound-dog

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive, uncommon) To aggressively, relentlessly, or single-mindedly pursue something, often a person for romantic or sexual interest.
    • Taylor denied that McCann asked where he was supposed to turn his gear in, but agreed that he asked the real reason why McCann quit, to which McCann answered he felt like he was being hound-dogged too much.1977, United States, National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, Volume 224, page 853

Questions about hound-dogging

What is hound-dogging the present participle and gerund of?
Hound-dogging is the present participle and gerund of hound-dog.

Words near hound-dogging in the dictionary

  1. hound's tooth
  2. hound's-tongue
  3. hound's-tongues
  4. hound-dog
  5. hound-dogged
  6. hound-dogging
  7. hound-dogs
  8. hounddog
  9. hounddogged
  10. hounddogging
  11. hounddogs

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