DOGGING Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

dogging 1 of 2

noun

as in pursuit

the act of going after or in the tracks of another the merciless dogging of the Hollywood couple by the press

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dogging

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verb

present participle of dog

as in chasing

to go after or on the track of star athletes being dogged by fans when they're out in public

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as in hounding

to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders tired of constantly having to dog their son about cleaning his room

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Recent Examples of dogging

Noun

Hosted by South Florida hip-hop icon Trick Daddy, the event showcases bull riding, women’s barrel racing, chute dogging, and ranch bronc riding. — Jim Rassol, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2026 Top-name cowboys competed in the three days of bronc riding, bull dogging, bull riding and calf riding. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026 There was plenty of hot-dogging to go around. — Graham Kates, CBS News, 17 June 2026 So, sometimes silence and solitude is necessary, and just like sitting on a plane watching nothing, doing nothing, just staring blankly at … it's called raw-dogging a flight. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026 As for how raw-dogging became a topic of conversation? — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 He's just been straight raw-dogging the last three days, staring off into space. — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025

Verb

Despite relatively robust job growth and low inflation over Lula’s third term, the cost of living has been a central campaign issue dogging the president. — Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 Investors have been ratcheting up their expectations for the industry as some companies hike their outlooks and get a better handle on rising medical costs in those plans – an issue that has been dogging the broader sector for more than two years. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 29 July 2026 There is a new solution to a problem that's been dogging the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Stuck with no way out, and the Hexts’ head of security Jon (Lee Jae-yoon) dogging her steps, Cola hid the drive in an empty vodka bottle before she was forced down to the engine room to be held captive. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 No bins or baskets, just raw-dogging it up there (for lack of a better phrase). — Tessa Petak, InStyle, 30 May 2026 Beyond the subtle nod to the Apple TV show, Carden, 46, recently talked to PEOPLE about Cola's surprising habit of raw-dogging her flights. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 Offshore Data Centers Face Challenges Aikido’s plan avoids the prickly not-in-my-backyard complaints that are dogging both onshore wind and data-center projects. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2026 Bloomingdale’s recent performance provides some affirmation that with proper execution, the department store model is still viable, despite what have been decades of consolidation and skepticism dogging the sector. — David Moin, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogging

Noun

Formerly, Christians were taught that greed--that is, the immoderate pursuit and love of money--was a sin.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
The pursuit of responsiveness also extends beyond the mechanical hardware.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pursuit

Verb

Businesses that rediscover its values will gain what their velocity-chasing competitors cannot buy, borrow, or automate.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
In January 2025, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch changed the department pursuit policy, barring cops from chasing after vehicles fleeing car stops unless a felony crime or a violent misdemeanor was committed.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of chasing

Verb

Wings Matisse Thybulle and Ziaire Williams started the Lakers’ preseason opener and the defensive-minded players flashed their potential by hounding opponents the full length of the court.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Though some accusations seem to hold water, the headline is his hounding in context.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of hounding

Noun

The Fitbit Air is a budget-friendly, screen-free band focused primarily on health tracking, comfort, and long battery life.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Chris Diaz, director of legislative tracking at the Voting Rights Lab, said the group has seen several versions of the Republican president’s proposals passed by his allies in the states.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of tracking

Verb

Beyond its own boutiques, De Beers London is pursuing distribution through select American department stores, although prospective partners have yet to be disclosed.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
According to his critics, Gyanesh Kumar, the chief election commissioner, acted unilaterally and recklessly in pursuing the revision of voter rolls in ways that violated normal procedures.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of pursuing

Verb

Later in the festival, around 20 filmmakers, among them directors Chung Ji-young and Lee Myung-se, held a press conference in Busan urging politicians to stop using the film as a political weapon and to leave its judgment to audiences.

— Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Hundreds of mourners later gathered at Rehman Baba cemetery for mass funeral prayers as grief gripped the neighborhood and announcements echoed from mosque loudspeakers, urging residents to join in prayers for those killed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of urging

Noun

In the 1970s, researchers developed another version of applying color to the brain called anterograde and retrograde tracing.

— Kimberlee D'Ardenne, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Finding people at high risk of incubating the Bundibugyo virus, also known as contact tracing, has proved difficult in Congo.

— CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of tracing

Verb

Managers change jobs in parallel, trading CRM nagging for exception handling.

— Devang Agrawal, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Turns out, Shakespeare didn’t have to decide, because the story works equally well whether the reader believes the figure is ectoplasm in the castle courtyard or is a psychological manifestation of Hamlet’s nagging conscience.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

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