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watchdogging

watchdogging is the present participle and gerund of watchdog.

Meaning of watchdog

Verb

watchdog (third-person singular simple present watchdogs, present participle watchdogging, simple past and past participle watchdogged)

  1. To perform a function analogous to that of a watchdog; to guard and warn.
  2. To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer.

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Questions about watchdogging

What is watchdogging the present participle and gerund of?
Watchdogging is the present participle and gerund of watchdog.

Words near watchdogging in the dictionary

  1. watchcoats
  2. watchdog
  3. watchdog timer
  4. watchdog timers
  5. watchdogged
  6. watchdogging
  7. watchdogs
  8. watched
  9. watched folder
  10. watched folders
  11. watched grass grow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watchdogging (page history and authors); watchdog (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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