dogging

The act of one who dogs or harasses.

Noun

  1. The act of one who dogs or harasses.
    • […] free from the doggings of the common informer, but under the superintendence of the bishop […] - 1844, George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane, The Pictorial History of England, page 598:
  2. The practice of having sexual intercourse in public places, especially parks, deliberately taking the chance of being watched.
    • We do it because we've found / When people crowd around / It is somehow more profound / When you're dogging. - 2011, Adele Anderson and Dillie Keane, “Dogging”, performed by Fascinating Aida:
    • 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 […]. - 2016, Alan...
  3. The job of killing wild dogs and dingos in a rural area.
    • ‘Has a good plant. Wanders around on his own doing a bit of dogging (dingo-hunting).’ - 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 77:

Forms

doggings

Related

alpha dogging chute dogging hog-dogging

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of dog