单词 | dogging |
释义 | doggingn.1 The action of dog v.1 (in various senses), spec. a. The action or process of pursuing or following like a dog; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit chase1297 suitc1300 pursuita1387 chasingc1440 prosecution1567 dogging1611 pursuement1615 followinga1649 pursuance1648 pursual1797 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Espies Ambushes, waylayings..treacherous dogging, of people. 1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times II. To Posterity sig. A6v The Dogging of a Plot out at Length. 1728 S. Shuckford Hist. World I. ii. 114 The observing and following a Person where-ever he goes, is call'd dogging, from some sort of Dogs performing that Action with great Exactness. 1836 W. Dunlap Thirty Years Ago II. viii. 87 What have you seen in me that could induce you to persecute me with your detestable doggings and followings? 1856 Titan July 37/1 This constant dogging, and pursuit, and running down of thieves. 1903 J. R. Buchanan Story of Labor Agitator iv. 146 The dogging of his footsteps by the hired thugs of the railway company. 2003 Age (Melbourne) 13 Sept. (Review section) 3/1 (headline) The dogging of Martin Amis. b. Grouse-shooting using dogs to rouse the birds, as opposed to ‘driving’ (see drive v. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > grouse-shooting grousing1771 grouse-shooting1785 dogging1886 1886 Ld. Walsingham & R. Payne-Gallwey Shooting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. i. 8 Wet weather is always bad for ‘dogging’. 1894 Times 25 Aug. 3/1 Mr. Stuart-Wortley..holds the balance evenly between ‘dogging’ and driving. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 16 Aug. 4/2 If he wants to spread his shooting out over many days..he can do this on the ‘dogging’ method. 1940 N. Tranter Harsh Heritage iii. 105 Alex Macvicar..much preferred dogging amongst the birds in the heather, and smoking the contemplative pipe. 1990 Field Feb. 72/2 Root-crop lifting and winter weather make shooting over dogs impractical from November on. Lowland dogging is therefore confined to a few occasional days. c. Australian. The hunting of dingoes. ΚΠ 1932 M. R. White No Roads go By 95 Every man on the station was doing a little ‘dogging’ as a side-line, scalps were worth twelve and sixpence each, and the game was keen. 1980 Pilbara Times (Port Hedland) 31 Jan. 16/6 She and her husband will go out bush where Trevor will take on a dogging job. Compounds ˈdogging moor n. ΚΠ 1904 Westm. Gaz. 19 Aug. 4/2 On the ‘dogging’ moors..the actual shooting will begin as soon as it becomes legal. 1928 Daily Tel. 26 June 13/5 The shooting extends to 16,000 acres and is an excellent dogging moor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). doggingn.2 British slang. The practice of watching or engaging in exhibitionist sexual activity in a public place, typically a car park, esp. as part of a gathering arranged for this purpose. ΚΠ 1986 Sex Maniac's Diary 1987 58 Ravers wanting instantaneous action..can find comrades in the traditional dogging haunts of Great Britain. 1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 75 Then there's dogging; it goes on in carparks. People drive up in their car and watch other people screwing. 2003 Observer 10 Aug. i. 15/6 A recent survey of 260 country parks found that 60 per cent had recorded an increase in ‘dogging’ and other outdoor sexual activity. 2004 Evening Standard 5 Mar. (West End Final ed.) 84/4 [He] admitted that he visited ‘dogging’ sites to have sex with strangers. 2007 Sun (Nexis) 27 Jan. My husband is into swinging, dogging, sex with strangers—you name it, he wants it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). doggingadj. That dogs (in various senses); (now esp.) pursuing, tracking. Cf. dogging n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [adjective] > pursuing persequenta1475 pursuing1597 coursing1600 dogging1600 pursuant1649 chasing1669 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. i. sig. B4 They are commonly hawking, or dogging fellowes. 1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) ii. 80 T' outrun my dogging Griefs, or hound A Grave forth. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. iv. xxxiii. 174 She forgot her own dogging shadow for a moment in contemplating theirs. 1916 Times 5 July 11 Perhaps they are mere cowards, running away from the dogging terror of a disaster which they pretend to believe impossible. 2003 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 3 June (Sports section) 1 The added smart bulk won't protect Kid Franchise from the ravages of dogging linebackers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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