DOGGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dogging mean? 

• DOGGING (adjective)
  The adjective DOGGING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DOGGING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOGGING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit

Synonyms:

dogging; persisting

Context example:

impossible to escape the dogging fears

Similar:

continuous; uninterrupted (continuing in time or space without interruption)

 Context examples 

SIR [it ran],—I can assure you that you are wasting your time in dogging my movements.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the homely Alpine villages or in the lonely mountain passes, I could tell by his quick glancing eyes and his sharp scrutiny of every face that passed us, that he was well convinced that, walk where we would, we could not walk ourselves clear of the danger which was dogging our footsteps.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)