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单词 bird-dogging
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bird-doggingn.

Brit. /ˈbəːddɒɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbərdˌdɔɡɪŋ/, /ˈbərdˌdɑɡɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bird dog n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < bird dog n. + -ing suffix1. Compare slightly later bird-dog v.
North American colloquial.
Determined and persistent searching or scouting, esp. for opportunities for profit or advantage; dogged pursuit, relentless pestering.In quot. 1972: spec. the action of looking for people who are engaging in sexual activity in a car, with the purpose of watching or interrupting them; cf. dogging n.2
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1933 Emmetsburg (Iowa) Democrat 2 Feb. 2/2 By the process of ‘bird dogging’ the sucker list is swelled.
1949 N.Y. Times 21 Dec. 44/3 The [New York] Yankee scouts..whose assiduous bird-dogging has put many a talented youngster on the road to the Stadium.
1955 M. Reifer Dict. New Words 30/2 Bird-dogging,..following someone closely or persistently; bothering someone repeatedly.
1972 D. R. Koontz Chase i. 6 Bird-dogging was a sport most often played in groups as protection against a beating from one of the surprised lovers.
1983 U.S. Banker (Nexis) Aug. 65 The aim of Provident's training is to turn a branch manager into a retail trust person who can go beyond bird-dogging for referrals.
2002 enRoute Sept. 50/1 Banfield's bird-dogging of evasive interviewees earned her the nickname ‘the Afghan Hound’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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