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dogging noun [ ˈdɒɡɪŋ ]

• the practice of watching or engaging in exhibitionist sexual activity in a public place.
Origin: 1980s: probably from dog (verb) + -ing1.

dog verb

• follow (someone) closely and persistently.
• "photographers seemed to dog her every step"
Similar: pursue, follow, stalk, track, trail, shadow, hound, plague, beset, bedevil, assail, beleaguer, blight, trouble, torment, haunt, tail,
• act lazily; fail to try one's hardest.
• "Eric had a reputation for dogging it a little"
• grip (something) with a mechanical device.
• "she has dogged the door shut"
Origin: Old English docga, of unknown origin.


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