hounding
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
hounding
- present participle and gerund of hound
Noun[edit]
hounding (plural houndings)
- Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.
- 2011 July 30, “Embraceable you”, in The Economist:
- Elsewhere, the hounding of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank who briefly flirted with politics, was vindictive.
- (nautical, dated) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
References[edit]
- “hounding”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.