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Webster 1913 Edition
Hounding
Hound′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of one who hounds.
2.
(Naut.)
The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
Definition 2024
hounding
hounding
English
Verb
hounding
- present participle of hound
Noun
hounding (plural houndings)
- Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.
- 2011, "Embraceable you", The Economist, 30 Jul 2011:
- Elsewhere, the hounding of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank who briefly flirted with politics, was vindictive.
- 2011, "Embraceable you", The Economist, 30 Jul 2011:
- (nautical) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.