dogging — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of one who dogs or harasses.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   […] free from the doggings of the common informer, but under the superintendence of the bishop […]

2. The practice of having sexual intercourse in public places, especially parks, deliberately taking the chance of being watched.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   We do it because we've found / When people crowd around / It is somehow more profound / When you're dogging.

   More examples (1)

   Even that […] had been less awful than this date-rape opportunity and likely dogging hotspot, with its hasty skim of tarmac spread like cheap, stale caviar across the pink pedestrian tiles beneath […].

3. The job of killing wild dogs and dingos in a rural area.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   ‘Has a good plant. Wanders around on his own doing a bit of dogging (dingo-hunting).’

Adjective

1. relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit

   Synonyms

   persisting

   Examples

   impossible to escape the dogging fears