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hounding

SayHOWN-ding/ˈhaʊndɪŋ/

3 meanings of hounding

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of hound. Use it after 'is', 'are' or 'was', or to name the action itself.

    Reporters were hounding the singer everywhere she went.

    Please stop hounding me about my homework!

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  2. 2
    noununcountable
    Following or going after someone, often again and again without stopping.

    The constant hounding by photographers made her stay inside.

    After months of hounding, he finally paid back the money.

    Similarharassment, persecution, badgering, pestering

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  3. 3
    noundateduncountable
    On a ship, the part of a mast from the deck up to the hounds.

    The storm cracked the hounding just above the deck.

    Ice covered the hounding of the front mast.

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hounding is a form of hound

hound, verb: To keep bothering someone again and again and not leave them alone. Full entry

Forms
houndhounds he/she/ithounding -ing formhounded past tense, past participle
Spelling
hound → hounding: add -ing

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Origin

From hound with -ing added.